Paul Chong Ha-sang worked tirelessly to bringforeign missionaries to Korea and boldly defended Catholic doctrine. Bishop LaurentImbert selected him as a seminarian, and he studied Latinand theology, though he was not ordained. After his father’s martyrdom duringthe Shin-yu Persecution, he lived inthe home of his uncle Jeong Yak-yong, where helearned doctrine and aided the Church. He led the effort to bring priests into Joseon,traveling to Beijing nine times with Jo Shin-cheol and Yu Jin-gil, eventuallysucceeding in bringing four missionaries, including Father Maubant, to Korea.During the Gihae Persecution, he wasarrested at age forty-five and was martyred by beheading at Seosomun.

These virgin-martyr sisters received Baptism fromFather Yu Bang-je. Kim Hyo-im resolved to live a life of virginity with her twoyounger sisters and lived with deep piety until she was arrested during the GihaePersecution. At the police tribunal, the sisters endured thetorture known as “hawk dance,” and their bodies were burned in thirteen placeswith red-hot irons. They were also thrown naked into a cell with maleprisoners, but by a mysterious grace, the men were unable to harm them. While suffering illness in prison, both sisterswere finally beheaded at Seosomun, dying as martyrs at the ages of twenty-sixand twenty-four.