Samseongsan Holy Ground (삼성산성지)

Published 2014-07-01 Updated 2021-08-17 View 5139

We provide various information such as the website, contact information, usage information, and location (map) of Seoul Gwanak-gu, Samseongsan Holy Ground (삼성산성지) using public data of Korea Tourism Organization.

During the Gihae Persecution of 1839, three French Catholic priests were sentenced to death for spreading Catholicism in Korea. Saint Laurent Joseph Marius Imbert (Bishop), Saint Pierre Philibert Maubant (Priest), and Saint Jacques Honore Chastan (Priest) were beheaded on September 21, 1839 at Saenamteo, currently known as the Saenamteo Catholic Holy Place of the Martyrs, and their bodies were buried at Samseongsan Mountain and later transferred to the grotto of Myeondong Cathedral.