Edmund Campion Saint

Saint Edmund Campion, S.J., (24 January 1540 – 1 December 1581) was an English Roman Catholic Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters. Convicted of high treason, he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Campion was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 and canonised in 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. His feast is celebrated on 1 December.

Personal facts

Edmund Campion
Birth dateJanuary 24, 1540
Birth place
London , Kingdom of England
Date of deathDecember 01, 1581
Place of death
Tyburn , Kingdom of England
TitleReligious priest and martyr

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beatified by
Pope Leo XIII
beatified dateDecember 09, 1886
beatified place
Rome
canonized by
Pope Paul VI
canonized dateOctober 25, 1970
canonized place
Rome
venerated in
Catholic Church

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External resources

  1. http://archive.org/details/edmundcampionab00simpgoog
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=PgAVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA98&q&f=false#v=onepage&q&f=false
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  4. http://books.google.com/books?id=katlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA816#v=onepage&q&f=false
  5. http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CAMBRAG.HTM
  6. http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13133/pg13133.html
  7. https://archive.org/stream/blessededmundcam00guin#page/n7/mode/2up