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Also Known As Augustine Chong
Born 1760 • Korea
Died April 8, 1801 (aged 41) • Korea
St. Kim Dae-Gŏn
St. Kim Dae-Gŏn
Korean priest
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Gregory the Great
pope
St. Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa
Roman Catholic nun
Ramon Llull.
Ramon Llull
Catalan mystic
St. John of Ávila
Spanish religious reformer
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Roman Catholic saint
Father Damien
St. Damien of Molokai
Belgian priest
Ebbo of Reims
French archbishop
St. Junípero Serra
St. Junípero Serra
Spanish Franciscan missionary
Saint Fursey
Irish saint
Saint Mellitus of Canterbury
Italian saint
St. Edmund Campion
St. Edmund Campion
English saint
Saint Bruno of Querfurt
Saxon bishop
St. Lawrence of Canterbury
archbishop of Canterbury
Benedict Joseph Flaget
American bishop
Manuel da Nóbrega
Manuel da Nóbrega
Portuguese priest
Charles Jean Seghers
North American bishop
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
American missionary
Saint Paulinus
English bishop