Edmund Arrowsmith Saint

Saint Edmund Arrowsmith SJ (1585 – 28 August 1628) is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales of the Roman Catholic Church. The main source of information on St Edmund is a contemporary account written by an eyewitness and published a short time after his death. This document, conforming to the ancient style of the "Acts of martyrs" includes the story of the execution of another 17th-century Recusant martyr, Richard Herst.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1585
Birth place	England , Haydock
Date of death	August 28, 1628
Place of death	England , Lancaster Lancashire
Title	Martyr Priest

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beatified by	Pope Pius XI
beatified date	December 15, 1929
canonized by	Pope Paul VI
canonized date	October 25, 1970
canonized place	Vatican City
major shrine	England Ashton-in-Makerfield Catholic Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith