ANDREW KIM TAEGON Also known asAndrew Kim Memorial20 SeptemberProfileKorean nobility; his parents were converts, his father a martyr. Andrew was baptized at age 15, then travelled 1,300 miles to the nearest seminary in Macao. He became Korea's first native priest, and the first priest to die for the faith in Korea. Leader of the Martyrs of Korea. BornKoreanDiedtortured and beheaded in 1846 at Seoul, KoreaBeatified1925Canonized6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul IIPatronageKorean clergyPrayersO God, You have created all nations and You are their salvation. In the land of Korea Your call to Catholic faith formed a people of adoption, whose...