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|SaintName=Saint Maria Yi Yon-hui | |SaintName=Saint Maria Yi Yon-hui | ||
|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=1839-03-09 | ||
|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=Yoido, Seoul, South Korea | |CanonizationLocation=Yoido, Seoul, South Korea | ||
|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=laywoman | |Profession=laywoman | ||
|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 Maria Yi Yon-hui''' (Korean: '''이연희 마리아'''; c. 1802/1804 – 3 September 1839) was a 19th-century Korean lay Catholic martyr, one of the 103 Korean Martyrs canonized for her exemplary Christian marriage and charity during the Gihae Persecution of 1839.<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 family in Seoul, Maria Yi, née Nam Myong-hyok's wife, converted to Catholicism in her youth, embracing a life of devotion that included caring for the poor and instructing catechumens, as recounted in persecution testimonies preserved in Korean Church archives.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7461 |title=St. Maria Yi Yonhui |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Married to fellow martyr Damien Nam Myong-hyok, who had reformed from a dissolute life post-conversion, she modeled conjugal holiness, raising their family in faith amid Joseon edicts banning Christianity since 1801.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://santosepulcro.co.il/en/saints/st-maria-yi-yonhui/ |title=Maria Yi Yonhui |publisher=Santosepulcro |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Arrested with her husband during the 1839 crackdown, she endured imprisonment and torture at the police headquarters, refusing to apostatize, and was beheaded outside the Small West Gate (Seodaemun) on 3 September 1839, aged about 35–37, as documented in regent Heungseon's persecution records.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/20/saints-of-the-day-20-september-martyrs-of-korea-st-andrew-kim-taegon-st-paul-chong-hasang-companions-103-saints-and-beati/ |title=Saints of the Day – 20 September – Martyrs of Korea |publisher=Anastpaul |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Her steadfastness, even consoling her husband in prison, exemplified lay heroism in Confucian society. | '''Saint Maria Yi Yon-hui''' (Korean: '''이연희 마리아'''; c. 1802/1804 – 3 September 1839) was a 19th-century Korean lay Catholic martyr, one of the 103 Korean Martyrs canonized for her exemplary Christian marriage and charity during the Gihae Persecution of 1839.<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 family in Seoul, Maria Yi, née Nam Myong-hyok's wife, converted to Catholicism in her youth, embracing a life of devotion that included caring for the poor and instructing catechumens, as recounted in persecution testimonies preserved in Korean Church archives.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7461 |title=St. Maria Yi Yonhui |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Married to fellow martyr Damien Nam Myong-hyok, who had reformed from a dissolute life post-conversion, she modeled conjugal holiness, raising their family in faith amid Joseon edicts banning Christianity since 1801.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://santosepulcro.co.il/en/saints/st-maria-yi-yonhui/ |title=Maria Yi Yonhui |publisher=Santosepulcro |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Arrested with her husband during the 1839 crackdown, she endured imprisonment and torture at the police headquarters, refusing to apostatize, and was beheaded outside the Small West Gate (Seodaemun) on 3 September 1839, aged about 35–37, as documented in regent Heungseon's persecution records.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/20/saints-of-the-day-20-september-martyrs-of-korea-st-andrew-kim-taegon-st-paul-chong-hasang-companions-103-saints-and-beati/ |title=Saints of the Day – 20 September – Martyrs of Korea |publisher=Anastpaul |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Her steadfastness, even consoling her husband in prison, exemplified lay heroism in Confucian society. | ||