Catholic saint biography
St. Lawrence Han I-hyong
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- d. 1846 — Korea
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Biography
Lawrence Han I-hyong began learning Catholic doctrine as a teenager and regularly traveled to a mission chapel for prayer. After marriage, he lived in a rural community near Yangji. He welcomed poor people into his home and gave them food and clothing, combining personal religious practice with practical assistance.
Bishop Imbert appointed Lawrence a catechist. Arrested in 1846, he refused demands to disclose the whereabouts of other Catholics or abandon his faith. He died after severe mistreatment in September. The institutional account acknowledges uncertainty over whether the fatal violence ended in beating or strangulation; his religious fidelity is better documented than that final detail.
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