Siméon-François Berneux
| Siméon-François Berneux | |
 Bishop Berneux was tortured and then beheaded on March 7, 1866.[1] | |
| 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. His feast day is March 7,[2] and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20.
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
- ↑ Source
- ↑ "Roman Martyrology" (in Italian). The Vatican.
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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