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|SaintName=Saint John Yi Mun-u | |SaintName=Saint John Yi Mun-u | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=September 20 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Seoul, Joseon Korea | |SaintBirthPlace=Seoul, Joseon Korea | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=37.566500, 126.978000 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=37.566500, 126.978000 | ||
|SaintDeathDate= | |SaintDeathDate=1846-07-03 | ||
|DeathPlace=Seoul, Joseon Korea | |DeathPlace=Seoul, Joseon Korea | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=37.566500, 126.978000 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=37.566500, 126.978000 | ||
|SaintCauseOfDeath=martyrdom | |SaintCauseOfDeath=martyrdom | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=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=Group miracle for Korean Martyrs: healing of a Korean woman from terminal cancer | |SaintMiracle1=Group miracle for Korean Martyrs: healing of a Korean woman from terminal cancer | ||
|SaintMiracle2=Group miracle for Korean Martyrs: healing of another Korean from tuberculosis | |SaintMiracle2=Group miracle for Korean Martyrs: healing of another Korean from tuberculosis | ||
|Profession=layman | |Profession=layman | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Early Korean Catholic community | |ReligiousAffiliation=Early Korean Catholic community | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Myeongdong Cathedral, 74 Myeongdong-gil, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea | |PrimaryShrine=Myeongdong Cathedral, 74 Myeongdong-gil, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
|ReviewLevel=0 | |ReviewLevel=0 | ||
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'''Saint John Yi Mun-u''' (Korean: '''이문우 요한'''; c. 1814 – 7 March 1846) was a 19th-century Korean lay Catholic martyr, one of the 103 Korean Martyrs canonized for his steadfast faith during the Joseon Kingdom's Gi-hyeon Persecution of 1846.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Martyrs |title=Korean Martyrs |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born into a noble yangban family in Seoul, John Yi, a married father of two, embraced Catholicism around 1838 through clandestine catechism, supporting the underground Church by sheltering priests and distributing Bibles despite edicts banning Christianity since 1801.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5733 |title=St. John Baptist Chon Chang-Un |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Arrested in February 1846 for harboring French missionaries, he endured interrogation and torture, refusing to apostatize even after witnessing executions, and was beheaded on 7 March 1846 at the Small West Gate (Seodaemun) of Seoul, aged about 32, as documented in Korean Church annals and persecution records.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncregister.com/cna/who-are-the-korean-martyrs |title=Who Are the Korean Martyrs? |publisher=National Catholic Register |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> His martyrdom, alongside family members, exemplified lay fidelity in a Confucian society hostile to foreign faiths. | '''Saint John Yi Mun-u''' (Korean: '''이문우 요한'''; c. 1814 – 7 March 1846) was a 19th-century Korean lay Catholic martyr, one of the 103 Korean Martyrs canonized for his steadfast faith during the Joseon Kingdom's Gi-hyeon Persecution of 1846.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Martyrs |title=Korean Martyrs |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born into a noble yangban family in Seoul, John Yi, a married father of two, embraced Catholicism around 1838 through clandestine catechism, supporting the underground Church by sheltering priests and distributing Bibles despite edicts banning Christianity since 1801.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5733 |title=St. John Baptist Chon Chang-Un |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Arrested in February 1846 for harboring French missionaries, he endured interrogation and torture, refusing to apostatize even after witnessing executions, and was beheaded on 7 March 1846 at the Small West Gate (Seodaemun) of Seoul, aged about 32, as documented in Korean Church annals and persecution records.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncregister.com/cna/who-are-the-korean-martyrs |title=Who Are the Korean Martyrs? |publisher=National Catholic Register |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> His martyrdom, alongside family members, exemplified lay fidelity in a Confucian society hostile to foreign faiths. | ||