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Lutgarda Yi Sun-i

Martyr of Korea

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

1802

Beatified

16 August 2014

by Francis

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Lutgarda Yi Sun-i 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 Jeonju on 31 January 1802, at the age of 20; 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 20 years old when she was killed at Jeonju 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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

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