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Edmund Campion
Edmund Campion | |
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 Portrait of St Edmund Campion | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | 25 January 1540 London, Kingdom of England |
| Died | 1 December 1581 (aged 41) Tyburn, Kingdom of England |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 29 December 1886, Rome by Pope Leo XIII |
| Canonized | 25 October 1970, Rome by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 1 December (individual with two companions) 4 May (all English Martyrs) 25 October (collectively with Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) 29 October (one of the Douai Martyrs) |
| Attributes | Knife in chest, noose around neck, crucifix, holding a Bible, martyr's palm |
| Patronage | United Kingdom |
| Influenced | Henry Walpole Cuthbert Mayne |
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Edmund Campion, SJ (25 January 1540 – 1 December 1581) was an English 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 day is celebrated on 1 December.
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