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John Baptist Nam Chong-sam
Korean martyr, catholic saint
SaintResearchedDocumented cause
Feast: 20 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1812
Died
1866
Beatified
6 October 1968
unverified
Canonised
6 May 1984
unverified
Who they were
At Seoul in Korea, Saint John Baptist Nam Chong-sam, martyr.
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 7 March as a martyr at Seoul in Korea.
Connected on this site
- The Korean Martyrs Saint honoured together
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q10856080 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.