St. Jacques Honoré Chastán

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Born: 7 October 1803 in Marcoux, Basses-Alpes, France 

Died: beaten with a bastinado and beheaded on 21 September 1839 at Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea 

Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II in Korea 

Feast day: September 21

Ordained in 1826. Joined the Paris Society of Missions in 1827. Missionary in Thailand, then Malaysia, and then Korea, arriving on 31 December 1836. Worked with Saint Lawrence Imbert, Saint Peter Maubant and Saint Paul Chong Hasang. Lived and worked in secret for over two years, spreading Christianity during a period of persecution. Arrested on 6 September 1839. One of the Martyrs of Korea.