Thomas Choe Yang-eop
Korean priest, venerable
Feast: 15 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Choe Yang-Eop Thomas (1 March 1821 – 15 June 1861), also spelled Ch'oe Yang-Ōp Thomas, was a Korean Roman Catholic priest during the Joseon dynasty, who travelled across Eastern Asia as a seminarian and priest before settling at last after a period of persecution back in his homeland where he administered to hidden Christians until his death.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Francis Ch'oe Kyŏng-hwan Saint Father, Parent
- Mary Yi Seong-rye Venerable Mother, Parent
- Wikidata Q12619660 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas Choe Yang-eop (CC BY-SA)
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