병인박해기 신창지역 천주교 순교자 행적

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the trails of the martyrs who were arrested and martyred in the Shinchang Region in the Byungin Persecution Period (1866 ~1873), along with their religious community. The materials used in this study has been based on Byungin Chimyeong Sajeok, a record on their religious life. From the materials, this study extracted 60 martyrs and analyzed their trails and characteristics. As a result of the study, the following facts were found. First, Shinchang religious communities were identified as the areas at Sodong -myeon (Nambangjae, Seogjebangjuk, and Cheonyeomul) in Shinchang-hyeon, Buk-myeon (Eochon, Changmal, Danjeongri(Yongdang), and Jowondong), Nam-myeon(Ganyanggol), and the whole areas of Shinchang (current Eupnae-ri in Shinchang-myeon, Dogo-myeon, and Seonjang-myeon). Second, among the Catholics arrested, there were more people who moved from other regions and martyred there than the natives. Third, the persecution became more serious in Jeongmyo Year (1867), the following year of the French Campaign Against Korea (Byeongin Yangyo), and there were huge victims. Fourth, Shinchang Government Office (Shinchang Gwan-a) was identified as the place where the primary interrogation and hanging were executed. Fifth, there are more martyrs’ sites in Gongju, Hongju, and Seoul which were not the governing place. It was found that the religious community in Shinchang Region had been formed since 1784, the early times of the Korean church and had steadily grown since then. It formed a big community around the Byungin Year (1866). Most of all, this study has significance in the aspect that it provides a clue for the study by investigating the trails of martyrs who died in that period.