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Anastasia Yi Bong-geum

Martyr of the persecution in Korea

BlessedResearched
Born
unknown
Died
unknown
Beatified
16 August 2014
by Francis
Canonised
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Who they were

Anastasia Yi Bong-geum was one of the Korean martyrs listed by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, and was killed at Jeonju on 5 December, in a year the list prints as 1939 although she stands among martyrs of 1839, at the age of 12.

She was beatified on 16 August 2014 by Pope Francis, with the other martyrs of the same cause.

The miracles

As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints names her in its list of the Korean martyrs beatified on 16 August 2014.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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