Peter Yu Tae-chol
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Saint Peter Yu Tae-chol (유대철 베드로) (c. 1826 – October 31, 1839) was one of the 103 Korean Martyrs
and a son of a government interpreter named Augustine Nyou Tjin-kil, also a martyr. Peter's mother and sisters were enemies of Catholicism
and ill-treated Peter. Peter lamented the spiritual blindness of his mother and sisters but treated them respectfully.
He thought that he will never be able to escape the search of ministers of justice, so he went to the tribunal and gave himself up. He was heavily tortured in amazing tranquility and firmness. In prison he encouraged the disheartened, and exhorted apostates to repentance. He was martyred by being strangled in prison at the age of 13.
Korean Martyrs
The Korean Martyrs were the victims of religious persecution against the Catholic Church during the 19th century in Korea. At least 8,000 adherents to the faith were known to have been killed during this persecution, 103 of whom were canonized en masse in 1984.-History:Catholicism had entered...
and a son of a government interpreter named Augustine Nyou Tjin-kil, also a martyr. Peter's mother and sisters were enemies of Catholicism
Catholicism
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and ill-treated Peter. Peter lamented the spiritual blindness of his mother and sisters but treated them respectfully.
He thought that he will never be able to escape the search of ministers of justice, so he went to the tribunal and gave himself up. He was heavily tortured in amazing tranquility and firmness. In prison he encouraged the disheartened, and exhorted apostates to repentance. He was martyred by being strangled in prison at the age of 13.