Saint Franciscus Choe Kyonghwan, also known as Choe Gyeong-Hwan and Peuranchiseuko, was born in 1805 in Taraekkol, Hongjugun, Ch’ungch’ong, South Korea. He grew up in a wealthy Christian family, as his grandfather was an early convert to Catholicism and had brought the entire family into the faith. However, when the government executed or expelled all the priests in the country,...