Siméon-François Berneux

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Korean name
Siméon-François Berneux
Bishop Berneux was tortured and then beheaded on March 7th, 1866.^[1]
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.

The questioning of Siméon Berneux.

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.

References

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Bibliography

The Lives of the 103 Martyr Saints of Korea 37: Saint Siméon François Berneux, Bishop (1814-1866), Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea Newsletter No. 51 (Summer 2005).
Frédéric Pichon (1872). The Life of Monseigneur Berneux, Bishop of Capse, Vicar-Apostolic of Corea. Burns, Oates, and Company, London.

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Authority control	VIAF: 897753 ISNI: 0000 0000 6130 1887

Persondata
Name	Berneux
Alternative names
Short description	Roman Catholic archbishop
Date of birth	14 May 1814
Place of birth
Date of death	7 March 1866
Place of death

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