Agnes Takeya (1580–1622) was a Korean-Japanese

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. Takeya was born in Korea in 1580. During the 1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea, she was kidnapped, enslaved, and taken to Japan. There, she was converted to Christianity. Takeya was married to another Catholic layperson, Cosmas Takeya Sozaburō, another Korean who had been similarly enslaved and taken to Japan. They were beheaded, with

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and companions, during the "Great Martyrdom" at

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. She was

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in 1867.

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