Caius of Korea
Korean Catholic martyr (1571ā1624) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caius of Korea (1571 in Korea ā 15 November 1624 in Nagasaki, Japan) is the 128th of the 205 Catholic Martyrs of Japan[1] beatified by Pope Pius IX on 7 July 1867,[2] after he had canonized the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan five years before on 8 June 1862.
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Caius of Korea | |
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Born | 1571, Korea |
Died | 15 November 1624, Nagasaki, Japan |
Martyred by | Tokugawa Shogunate |
Means of martyrdom | Burnt at the stake |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 7 July 1867, Rome, by Pope Pius IX |
Feast | 15 November |
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The 19th century French Catholic missionary Claude-Charles Dallet wrote of him in his A history of the church in Korea, "His history proves, in a dazzling way, that God would rather make a miracle than abandon an infidel who follows the lights of his conscience, and seeks the truth with an upright and docile heart."[3]