Just de Bretenières
French catholic priest, missionary, martyr, saint of the Catholic Church (1838-1866)
Feast: 20 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the place called Sai-Nam-Hte, also in Korea, the holy martyrs Simeon Berneux, bishop, Just de Bretenières, Louis Beaulieu and Pierre-Henri Dorie, priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who, having answered their persecutors with confidence that they had come to Korea to save souls in the name of Christ, died by beheading.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 7 March as a priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society beheaded in Korea for having come to save souls in the name of Christ.
Connected on this site
- The Korean Martyrs Saint honoured together
- Louis Beaulieu Saint“In the place called Sai-Nam-Hte, also in Korea, the holy martyrs Simeon Berneux, bishop, Just de Bretenières, Louis Beaulieu and Pierre-Henri Dorie, priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who, having answered their persecutors with confidence that they had come to Korea to save souls in the name of Christ,…” — this site's research
- Pierre-Henri Dorie Saint“In the place called Sai-Nam-Hte, also in Korea, the holy martyrs Simeon Berneux, bishop, Just de Bretenières, Louis Beaulieu and Pierre-Henri Dorie, priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who, having answered their persecutors with confidence that they had come to Korea to save souls in the name of Christ,…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 7 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3190300 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.