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Monday, June 20, 2005

Saint Yu Tae-ch'ol's Parish in Ulsan
Yesterday, my family visited a new parish in my wife's hometown, Ulsan: 삼산성당. The parish was under the patronage of Saint. Yu Tae-ch'ol Petrus (성 유대철 베드로) (1826-1839). At 13, Saint Yu Tae-ch'ol was the youngest of the 103 Martyrs of Korea. I could not find the story of this young saint's blessed martyrdom in English, but the giant stained glass window that adorned the façade of the neo-gothic church told it: there were two figures dressed in hanbok, the smaller one rising to heaven with a cross in his hands, the larger one holding a hangman's noose.

Images of Saint Yu Tae-ch'ol's martyrdom and with his father, Saint Yu Chin-gil Augustine can be found here: 성 유대철 베드로:

Sancti Yu Chin-gil et Yu Tae-ch'ol, orate pro nobis.

Here is where more information can be found: Stories of the Korean Martyrs and MARTYRS OF KOREA (1).