| Siméon-François Berneux | |
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Bishop Berneux was tortured and then beheaded on March 7th, 1866.[1] |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 장경일 |
| Hanja | 張敬一 |
| Revised Romanization | Jang Gyeong-il |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chang Kyŏngil |
Siméon-François Berneux (14 May 1814 – 7 March 1866) was a French Catholic missionary, and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was canonized as a saint.
He was born at Château-du-Loir, and was executed in the anti-Christian purges at Saenamteo, Seoul, Korea, in 1866. His death provoked the French intervention the same year.
His relics are in the Institut St. Philipp Neri in Berlin, Germany.