Jeondong Cathedral in Jeonju city

In 1971, it was here on the site of Jeondong Cathedral, outside of Pungnammun gate, that the earliest Catholic martyrs of Korea, Paul Yoon Ji Choon and James Kweon Sang Yun, were persectued and faced execution, as were Yu Hang geom (Augustine), Yun Ji-heon (Francis), and many others during the Shinyu Persecution of 1801. In 1908, to honor the spirit of these martyrs, a French priest named