Agata Chon Kyonghyob

(aliteswa kikatili na kukatwa kichwa Seoul, 26 Septemba 1839) ni mmojawapo katika kundi kubwa la Wakristo wa Kanisa Katoliki nchini Korea waliouawa kwa ajili ya imani yao katika miaka 1791–1888. Wanakadiriwa kuwa 8,000 - 10,000. 

Yeye na wenzake 102 walitangazwa na Papa Yohane Paulo II kuwa watakatifu tarehe 6 Mei 1984. 

Sikukuu ya hao Wafiadini wa Korea huadhimishwa tarehe 20 Septemba, lakini ya kwake mwenyewe ni siku ya kifodini chakeMartyrologium Romanum.

Waliouawa pamoja naye ni: Sebastiani Nam Igwan, Magdalena Ho Kyeim, Julita Kim, Charles Cho Shinchol, Ignas Kim Chejun, Magdalena Pak Pongson, Perpetua Hong Kimju, Kolumba Kim Hyoimhttps://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/72090. 

Mazingira
Mwishoni mwa karne ya 18, Ukristo wa Kikatoliki ulianza kuenea taratibu nchiniMichael Walsh, ed. "Butler's Lives of the Saints" (HarperCollins Publishers: New York, 1991), p. 297. kwa juhudi za wananchi walei. Mwaka 1836 Korea, nchi ya Kikonfusyo ilipata wamisionari wa kwanza kutoka nje (wanashirika wa Paris Foreign Missions Society)The Liturgy of the Hours Supplement (New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1992, pp. 17–18.. 

Chini ya nasaba ya Joseon, Ukristo ulifutwa, tena waamini walidhulumiwa na kuuawa. Waliobaki walipaswa kushika imani yao kwa siri.

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Tanbihi

Marejeo
Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John (1993). The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN|0-14-051312-4.
Dallet, Charles (1874). Histoire de l'Église de Corée, Volume 1. Paris: Librairie Victor Palmé.
Dallet, Charles (1874). Histoire de l'Église de Corée, Volume 2. Paris: Librairie Victor Palmé. 
Fathers of the London Oratory (1859). The New Glories of the Catholic Church. London: Richardson and Son.

Viungo vya nje
 Homily of Pope John Paul II given for the Mass for the canonization of the Korean martyrs
 List and brief description of martyrs
 History of the Missions Etrangeres de Paris MEP

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