Siméon-François Berneux

Deceased Person

1814 – 1866

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Who was Siméon-François Berneux?

Siméon-François Berneux 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.

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Born
May 14, 1814
Nationality
  • France
Died
Mar 7, 1866

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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