January 23rd

Saint Andrew Chong Hwa-gyong

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Seoul, Korea

At Seoul in Korea, Saint Andrew Chong Hwa-gyong, catechist and martyr, who, giving aid to the holy bishop Laurence Imbert, made his own house a refuge for Christians. For this he was savagely beaten with blows and at last strangled with a cord in prison.

Latin Original

Seuli in Coréa, sancti Andrée Chong (T’yong) Hwa-gyóng, catechístze et mártyris, qui, sancto epíscopo Lauréntio Imbert auxílium prastans, domum suam refügium christianórum fecit, quaprópter íctibus saeve caesus est ac tandem 1n cárcere láqueo interémptus.