Catherine Yi
Korean martyr, catholic saint
Feast: 20 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Catherine Yi (Korean: 이 가타리나) was a Korean Christian laywoman, martyr, and saint. She was recognized as a martyr and beatified in 1925 by Pius XI, she was solemnly canonized in Seoul by Pope John Paul II on 6 May 1984 with a group of 102 other Korean martyrs. Saint Catherine Yi is celebrated on 20 and 26 September.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Magdalene Cho Saint Child
- Wikidata Q4260689 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Catherine Yi (CC BY-SA)
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