Jeong Yak-jong

Jeong Yak-jong
Hangul	정약종 아우구스티노
Hanja	丁若鍾 아우구스티노
Revised Romanization	Jeong Yak-jong Auguseutino
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Yakchong Augusŭt'ino

Jeong Yak-jong (1760 – April 8, 1801), also known as Augustine Chong, was a Roman Catholic Korean martyr who contributed greatly to the spread of Catholicism in Korea. He was an older brother of Jeong Yak-yong and father of Saint Paul Chong Hasang. He wrote the first Catholic Catechism using only Korean letters so that he could reach out to the common people as well as the nobles who were the only ones in Korean society who could read Chinese characters. He was first converted to Catholicism himself by Chinese priest, Chou Wen-Mu.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Wm. B. Eerdmans. ISBN 0802846807. http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0802846807&id=oQ8BFk9K0ToC&pg=RA1-PA133&lpg=RA1-PA133&ots=_419fOmuhZ&dq=Chong+Yak-Jong&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=wJ9TFhaOq7oJVBPslzXAHb3gIiI. 
2. ^ James T. Bretzke (2001). Bibliography on East Asian Religion and Philosophy. Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 0773473181. 

Persondata
Name	Jeong, Yak-jong
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1760
Place of birth
Date of death	April 8, 1801
Place of death