Edmund Campion

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Edmund Campion was a 16th-century English Jesuit priest and martyr known for his clandestine missionary work in Protestant England and his eloquent defenses of Catholicism.

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Edmund Campion canonical 4
Saint Edmund Campion 3
English Martyrs 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic martyr
Christian apologist
English Roman Catholic
Jesuit priest
human
activityStart Jesuit mission to England, 1580
linked to: English Jesuits
allegiance Catholic Church
Pope Gregory XIII
associatedWith Elizabeth I of England
English recusants
burialPlace Tyburn (site of execution; exact grave unknown)
linked to: Tyburn gallows
canonizationStatus saint
canonizedBy Pope Paul VI
causeOfDeath hanged, drawn and quartered
convictedOf high treason
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1540
dateOfCanonization 1970-10-25
dateOfDeath 1581-12-01
educatedAt St John’s College, Oxford
era English Reformation
familyName Campion
feastDay December 1
October 25
givenName Edmund
knownFor clandestine missionary work in Protestant England
eloquent defenses of Catholicism
public disputations with Anglican divines
languageOfWorkOrName English
Latin
mannerOfDeath execution
memberOf Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Society of Jesus
notableWork Campion’s Brag
Decem Rationes
Rationes decem quibus fretus certamen adversariis detulit
occupation Jesuit
missionary
priest
theologian
partOf Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
patronage Catholic education in England
Jesuit schools
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Tyburn, London
linked to: Tyburn gallows
positionHeld fellow of St John’s College, Oxford
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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William Allen notableStudent Edmund Campion
Our Lady and the English Martyrs Catholic Church dedicatedTo English Martyrs
linked to: Edmund Campion
Holinshed's Chronicles contributor Edmund Campion
Magdalen Hall, Oxford educated Edmund Campion
Campion Hall, Oxford namedAfter Saint Edmund Campion
linked to: Edmund Campion
English Jesuits notableMember Edmund Campion
Campion Hall Chapel namedAfter Saint Edmund Campion
linked to: Edmund Campion
Campion School, Mumbai namedAfter Saint Edmund Campion
linked to: Edmund Campion