Biography
Columba Kim Hyo-im
About Columba Kim Hyo-im
Columba Kim Hyo-im was born in 1814. After their father died, her mother and siblings became Catholics. Columba and her sisters Agnes and Clara chose to remain unmarried.
They lived with their brother Anthony and devoted themselves to prayer, religious reading and helping people in need.
Columba and Agnes were arrested in May 1839. They refused to renounce their religion and endured severe punishment before being transferred to the criminal court.
The bishops’ conference account records Columba protesting the sisters’ humiliating treatment before the chief judge. It says that he ordered an investigation.
Columba was executed outside Seoul’s Small West Gate on September 26, 1839.
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