Barbara Ku Seong-yeol
Martyr of Korea
Who they were
Barbara Ku Seong-yeol was one of the martyrs of Korea. The list of the Korean martyrs published by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints records that she was killed at Daegu on 19 December 1816, at the age of 40; she was beatified on 16 August 2014 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
She was 40 years old when she was killed at Daegu for the faith.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - martiri-coreani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 16 August 2014
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.