Barbara Yi
Catholic saint, one of the Korean Martyrs
Feast: 20 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Barbara Yi (Korean: 이 바르바라; Hanja: 李巴巴拉; 1825–1839) was a 14-year-old Korean girl who was made a Catholic saint. She was imprisoned for her faith and died during her imprisonment on 27 May 1839, in Seoul, Joseon. She is one of the Martyrs of Korea canonized on 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q11687378 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Barbara Yi (CC BY-SA)
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