Diocese of Daejeon
Holy Site
HwangsaebawiMartyrs’ Shrine
118 Wangneung-ro, Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do
HwangsaebawiMartyrs’ Shrine is a site of beheading during the Joseon persecutions. Catholicbelievers who were arrested as “teachers of a forbidden religion” were executedat Hwangsaebawi on the order of the provincial governor when they refused torenounce their faith. Located at the confluence of the Geum River and the JeminStream, the site offered an ideal place for public execution during the time ofthe persecutions.
Information
- Phone: 041-854-6321~2
- Website: http://www.hwangsae.or.kr/
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Mass Time:
MassSchedule
Tue–Sun: 11:00 AM
Monday: 09:30 AM
About the Saint
St.Son Ja-seon Thomas (성 손자선 토마스, 1844–1866)
ThomasSon Ja-seon was born into a third-generation Catholic family in Geodeori,Hongju, Chungcheong-do. After Bishop Daveluy was arrested, a message spreadthat confiscated items should be retrieved from the Deoksan magistrate’soffice. When no one stepped forward, Son Ja-seon went alone and was arrested.The magistrate tortured him and demanded he renounce his faith, but he remainedsteadfast.
Hewas sent to Haemi, where he suffered such severe torture that both his legswere broken. Even then, he refused to abandon his faith. Transferred to theGongju provincial office, he was finally executed by hanging on March 30, 1866,at the age of 23.
