Augustin Yu Chin-gil
Catholic saint, one of the Korean Martyrs of 1839 (1791–1839)
Feast: 20 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Seoul in Korea, the passion of Saints Paul Chong Hasang and Augustin Yu Chin-gil, martyrs, of whom the first was for twenty years, in time of persecution, the guide of the first community of Christians, while the other wrote a letter to Pope Gregory XVI asking him to send priests to Korea: both catechists, after atrocious torments they suffered beheading together for the faith.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 22 September as a catechist who wrote to Pope Gregory XVI asking for priests for Korea and was beheaded for the faith.
Connected on this site
- Peter Yu Tae-chol Saint Child
- The Korean Martyrs Saint honoured together
- Paul Chong Hasang Saint“At Seoul in Korea, the passion of Saints Paul Chong Hasang and Augustin Yu Chin-gil, martyrs, of whom the first was for twenty years, in time of persecution, the guide of the first community of Christians, while the other wrote a letter to Pope Gregory XVI asking him to send priests to Korea: both catechists, after…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 22 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4533464 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.