Are there any Asian Saints

Answer 1

Roman Catholic AnswerThere have been numerous Asian saints; in the supplement to the Breviary for the United States, a memorial for Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr; and Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions, martyrs is on 20 September. St. Andrew was the first Korean priest and pastor who was killed during the persecutions of 1839, 1846, 1866, and 1867 during which hundreds of the the Christian faithful in Korea suffered greatly for the faith and consecrated the rich beginnings of the Church of Korea with their blood as martyrs.

Similarly, Lawrene Ruiez and Companions, martyrs, shed their blood out of love for Christ in the city of Nagasaki, Japan. And in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, particularly during the reign of the Emperor Minh-Mang (1820-1840), many Christians received the martyr's crown in Vietnam. They are celebrated on November 24: the memorial of Andrew Dung-Lac, priest, and companions, martyr's.

Among the more famous saints from Asia are St. Francis Xavier, of the Society of Jesus, and Bl. Teresa of Calcutta. The book at the link below, Saints of Asia: 1500 to the Present presents the story of many of these saints, many of whom were martyrs.