Edmund Campion
| Saint Edmund Campion, S.J. | |
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Portrait of St Edmund Campion
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| Religious, priest and martyr | |
| Born |
24 January 1540 London, Kingdom of England |
| Died | 1 December 1581 (aged 41) Tyburn, Kingdom of England |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 9 December 1886, Rome by Pope Leo XIII |
| Canonized | 25 October 1970, Rome by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 1 December |
| Attributes | Knife in chest, noose around neck |
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.
Born in London on 24 January 1540, Campion was the son of a bookseller in Paternoster Row, near St Paul's Cathedral. He received his early education at Christ's Hospital school and, at the age of 13, was chosen to make the complimentary speech when Queen Mary visited the city in August 1553. He then attended St John's College, Oxford, becoming junior fellow in 1557 and taking the required Oath of Supremacy, probably on the occasion of his B.A. degree in 1560. He took a master's degree at Oxford in 1564.
Two years later, Campion welcomed Queen Elizabeth to the university, and won her lasting regard. He was selected to lead a public debate in front of the Queen. By the time the Queen had left Oxford, Campion had earned the patronage of the powerful William Cecil and also the Earl of Leicester, tipped by some to be future husband of the young Queen.
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