Peter Yu Tae-chol

Peter Yu Tae-chol (Korean: 유대철 베드로; c. 1826 – October 31, 1839) was one of the 103 canonised Korean Martyrs martyred during the Gihae persecution of 1839 [ko],^{[citation needed]} and a son of a government interpreter named Augustine Nyou Tjin-kil, also a martyr. His feast day is October 21,^[1] and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20.

Saint Peter Yu Tae-chol 유대철 베드로
Martyr
Born	c. 1826 Ipjeong, South Korea
Died	October 31, 1839 Seoul, South Korea
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	6 June 1925 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized	6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Feast	October 21; September 20

Peter Yu Tae-chol
Hangul	유대철 베드로
Revised Romanization	Yu Daecheol Bedeuro
McCune–Reischauer	Yu Taech'ŏl Pedŭro

After giving himself up, he was beaten, tortured with hot coals and then sent to prison, where he was strangled at the age of 13.^[2][3]