Siméon-François Berneux photograph

Siméon-François Berneux

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Gender Male
Death157 years ago
Date of birth May 14,1814
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Chateau-du-Loir
Montval-sur-Loir
France
Date of died March 7,1866
DiedSeoul
South Korea
Hangul장경일
Job Missionary
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Siméon-François Berneux Life story


Siméon-François Berneux was a French Catholic missionary to Asia, and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was canonized as a saint. Berneux was executed in the anti-Christian purges at Saenamteo, Seoul, Korea, in 1866. His death provoked the French campaign against Korea the same year.

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