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|SaintName=Saint Laurent Imbert | |SaintName=Saint Laurent Imbert | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=September 20 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | |SaintBirthPlace=Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=43.299700, 5.200000 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=43.299700, 5.200000 | ||
|DeathPlace=Saenamteo, Seoul, Korea | |DeathPlace=Saenamteo, Seoul, Korea | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=37.525000, 126.956900 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=37.525000, 126.956900 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Site of additional relics | |NotableLabel3=Site of additional relics | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=37.566500, 126.978000 | |NotableCoordinates3=37.566500, 126.978000 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=France; South Korea | ||
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Seoul]] | |||
|Beatifier=Pope Paul VI | |Beatifier=Pope Paul VI | ||
|BeatificationLocation=St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City | |BeatificationLocation=St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|CanonizationDate= | |CanonizationDate=1984-06-05 | ||
|Canonizer=Pope John Paul II | |Canonizer=Pope John Paul II | ||
|CanonizationLocation=St. Peter's Square, Vatican City | |CanonizationLocation=St. Peter's Square, Vatican City | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Healing of a Korean woman from terminal cancer | |SaintMiracle1=Healing of a Korean woman from terminal cancer | ||
|Profession=priest; bishop | |Profession=priest; bishop | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Paris Foreign Missions Society | |ReligiousAffiliation=Paris Foreign Missions Society | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Saenamteo Catholic Shrine, 80-8 Ichon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea | |PrimaryShrine=Saenamteo Catholic Shrine, 80-8 Ichon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
|ReviewLevel=0 | |ReviewLevel=0 | ||
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'''Saint Laurent Imbert''', also known as '''Saint Lawrence Mary Joseph Imbert''' (French: '''Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert'''; 23 March 1796 – 21 September 1839), was a French Catholic missionary bishop and martyr in Korea, serving as the Vicar Apostolic of Korea from 1837 until his execution during the 1839 Gi-hyeon Persecution.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent-Joseph-Marius_Imbert |title=Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born to a poor farming family in Marignane, near Marseille, France, Imbert studied at the Seminary of the Missions Étrangères de Paris, was ordained a priest on 18 December 1819, and departed for Asia in 1833, arriving in Korea amid underground Christianity suppressed by Joseon authorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4205 |title=St. Lawrence Imbert |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Appointed titular Bishop of Capodistria and vicar apostolic in 1837, he succeeded Bishop Jean-Joseph Ferréol, leading a clandestine flock of about 10,000, confirming converts, and ordaining Korean clergy like Kim Taegon, as documented in missionary correspondences and Korean Church annals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fatherlawrence.com/Blog/st-lawrence-mary-joseph-imbert |title=St. Lawrence Mary Joseph Imbert |publisher=Father Lawrence |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> To end the persecution and save his flock, he publicly revealed his episcopal status in a letter to Regent Heungseon, leading to his arrest, torture, and beheading at Saenamteo on 21 September 1839, alongside priests Pierre Philibert Maubant and Jacques Honoré Chastan. | '''Saint Laurent Imbert''', also known as '''Saint Lawrence Mary Joseph Imbert''' (French: '''Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert'''; 23 March 1796 – 21 September 1839), was a French Catholic missionary bishop and martyr in Korea, serving as the Vicar Apostolic of Korea from 1837 until his execution during the 1839 Gi-hyeon Persecution.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent-Joseph-Marius_Imbert |title=Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born to a poor farming family in Marignane, near Marseille, France, Imbert studied at the Seminary of the Missions Étrangères de Paris, was ordained a priest on 18 December 1819, and departed for Asia in 1833, arriving in Korea amid underground Christianity suppressed by Joseon authorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4205 |title=St. Lawrence Imbert |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Appointed titular Bishop of Capodistria and vicar apostolic in 1837, he succeeded Bishop Jean-Joseph Ferréol, leading a clandestine flock of about 10,000, confirming converts, and ordaining Korean clergy like Kim Taegon, as documented in missionary correspondences and Korean Church annals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fatherlawrence.com/Blog/st-lawrence-mary-joseph-imbert |title=St. Lawrence Mary Joseph Imbert |publisher=Father Lawrence |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> To end the persecution and save his flock, he publicly revealed his episcopal status in a letter to Regent Heungseon, leading to his arrest, torture, and beheading at Saenamteo on 21 September 1839, alongside priests Pierre Philibert Maubant and Jacques Honoré Chastan. | ||