Edmund Campion

(1540–1581) Catholic Priest

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Edmund Campion was a Catholic priest.

Quick Facts About Edmund Campion

Born: January 25, 1540
Died: December 1, 1581
Profession: Catholic Priest
Notable works: Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities

About Edmund Campion

Edmund Campion, SJ 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.

Biography source: Wikipedia