Education
After being baptized at age 15, Kim studied at a seminary in the Portuguese colony of Macau.
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After being baptized at age 15, Kim studied at a seminary in the Portuguese colony of Macau.
He also spent time in study at Lolomboy, Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines, where today he is also venerated. He was ordained a priest in Shanghai after nine years (1844) by the French bishop Jean-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Ferréol. He then returned to of Korea to preach and evangelize.
Catholics had to covertly practise their faith.
In 1846, at the age of 25, he was tortured and beheaded near Seoul on the Han River. His last words were:
Before Ferréol, the first bishop of of Korea, died from exhaustion on 3 February 1853, he wanted to be buried beside Kim, stating, “You will never know how sad I was to lose this young native priest.
On May 6, 1984, Pope John Paul II canonized Kim along with 102 other Korean Martyrs, including Paul Chong Hasang, during his trip to of Korea. Their memorial is September 20.
