Martyrs of Thailand

The Martyrs of Thailand (called also Seven Blessed Martyrs of Songkhon) are seven Roman Catholic Thais executed in Songkhon, Thailand in December 1940 by local police forces. They were beatified by Pope John Paul II in Rome on October 22, 1989.Society of St. Pius X, District of Asia
The names of the martyrs are:
* Blessed Philip Siphong, catechist, 33 years old
* Blessed Sister Agnes Phila, 31 years old, belonged to Lovers of the Holy Cross Congregation
* Blessed Sister Lucia Khambang, 23 years old, belonged to Lovers of the Holy Cross Congregation
* Blessed Agatha Phutta, 59 years old
* Blessed Cecilia Butsi, 16 years old
* Blessed Bibiana Khamphai, 15 years old
* Blessed Maria Phorn, 14 years old
== Letter of Sister Agnes Phila to the police before the execution ==
To the Chief Police in Songkhon
Yesterday evening you received your order to wipe out, definitely, the Name of God, the Only Lord of our lives and minds. We adore Him only, Sir. A few days earlier, you had mentioned to us that you would not wipe out the Name of God and we were rather pleased with that in such a way that we put away our religious habits which showed that we were His handmaids. But it not so today. We do profess that the religion of Christ is the only true religion. Therefore, we would like to give our answer to your question, asked yesterday evening which we did not have a chance to respond because we were unprepared for it. Now we would like to give you our answer. We are asking you to carry out your order with us. Please do not delay any longer. Please carry out your order. Please open the door of heaven to us so that we can confirm that outside the Religion of Christ no none can go to heaven. Please do it. We are well prepared. When we will be gone we will remember you. Please take pity on our souls. We will be thankful to you and will be grateful to you for it. And on the last day we will see each other face to face.
Do wait and see, please. We keep your commands, oh God, we wish to be witnesses to You, dear God. We are: Agnes, Lucia, Phuttha, Budsi, Buakhai, Suwan. We would like to bring little Phuma along with us because we love her so much. We have already made up our minds, dear Sir.The Seven Blessed Martyrs of Thailand
==References==
Category:1940 deaths
Category:20th-century executions
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
Category:Beatified people
Category:Catholic martyrs of Modern Times
Category:Child saints
Category:Executed children
Category:People executed by firearm
Category:Roman Catholic Church in Thailand