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Shrine · South Korea

Seosomun Martyrs’ Shrine and History Museum

Seoul, 5 Chilpae-ro, Jung-gu, South Korea

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Why pilgrims come

A sacred place worth the journey.

Korea’s largest single Catholic martyrdom site, associated with 98 documented executions, including 44 saints and 27 blesseds, and interpreted through a major underground shrine museum.

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The pilgrim’s guide

What makes this visit meaningful

Korea’s largest single Catholic martyrdom site, associated with 98 documented executions, including 44 saints and 27 blesseds, and interpreted through a major underground shrine museum.

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Largest Korean martyrdom site

Pray where more canonized saints and blesseds were martyred than at any other single Korean site.

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Shrine history museum

Use the museum to understand persecution, conscience and the development of the Korean Church.