Siméon-François Berneux
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 158 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 |
Died | Seoul |
South Korea | |
Hangul | 장경일 |
Job | Missionary |
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ID | 1746357 |
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.