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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Label Occurrences
Edmund Campion canonical 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 NERFINISHED
allegiance Catholic Church NERFINISHED
Pope Gregory XIII NERFINISHED
associatedWith Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED
English recusants
burialPlace Tyburn (site of execution; exact grave unknown) NERFINISHED
canonizationStatus saint
canonizedBy Pope Paul VI NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
era English Reformation NERFINISHED
familyName Campion NERFINISHED
feastDay December 1
October 25
givenName Edmund NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Society of Jesus NERFINISHED
notableWork Campion’s Brag NERFINISHED
Decem Rationes NERFINISHED
Rationes decem quibus fretus certamen adversariis detulit NERFINISHED
occupation Jesuit
missionary
priest
theologian
partOf Forty Martyrs of England and Wales NERFINISHED
patronage Catholic education in England
Jesuit schools NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Tyburn, London NERFINISHED
positionHeld fellow of St John’s College, Oxford
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
sexOrGender male
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

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William Allen notableStudent Edmund Campion
Our Lady and the English Martyrs Catholic Church dedicatedTo Edmund Campion
this entity surface form: English Martyrs
Holinshed's Chronicles contributor Edmund Campion
Magdalen Hall, Oxford educated Edmund Campion