Siméon-François Berneux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Siméon-François Berneux

Roman Catholic archbishop

Date of Birth: 14-May-1814

Place of Birth: Château-du-Loir, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1866

Profession: missionary, Catholic priest, martyr

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Siméon-François Berneux (14 May 1814 – 8 March 1866) 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.