Upon losing both her parents, the young Catholic maiden Lucy Kim Nusia, a native of Korea, sold the little she had to pay for her parents’ funeral. She then consecrated herself to God with a vow of chastity. In April of 1839, Lucy and three other Korean Catholic women surrendered themselves to the pagan authorities, making before them an open declaration of their faith. The women were thereupon arrested and repeatedly tortured. When during one interrogation a judge asked Lucy whether she had ever seen the God she believed in, the young woman replied, “When I look at the sky, the earth, and all the living beings, I believe in the great King and Father of all who created them.” Remaing steadfast in their faith, Lucy and the three other women were further tortured and suffered privatons of food and water. To relieve their hunger, Lucy cut off her long hair and sold it to purchase porridge for the four of them. In a letter to friends, she observed, “When will the Lord call me? I do not know, so please pray to God for us.” On July 20, 1839, Lucy was beheaded a the age of twenty-two together with seven other Catholics.