ST. EDMUND CAMPION

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WHERE AND WHEN HE LIVED

FEAST DAY

PATRON sAINT OF

QUOTES

• “I am a Catholic man and a priest. In that faith have I lived and in that faith do I intend to die, and if you esteem my religion treason, then I am guilty. As for any other treason, I never committed. I stand condemned for nothing but the saying of Mass, hearing confessions, preaching and such like duties and functions of priesthood.” (St. Edmund Campion, Martyr; Response, delivered at his execution, to charges of treason; 1581)

TEN FUN FACTS

• In 1580 Campion joined the first mission that was sent by the Jesuits to minister to the Catholics of England
• He was arrested by a spy at Lyford, Berkshire, on July 17, 1581
• Imprisonment, torture and disputationst
• Trial, sentence and execution
• Veneration and feast Day
• Has 6 Schools named after him
• He was sent to Dublin
• He was arrested for talking about the Lord
• His feast day is based on him being a martyer
• He was also sent to Ireland

WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE THIS sAINT

WHY I PICKED HIM

• I chose him cause he didn't take anything from anyone and he traveled and talked about god with getting in trouble he still did it.

WORKED CITED

• "Campion, Saint Edmund." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. . Encyclopedia.com. 21 Oct. 2016 .
• "St. Edmund Campion - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online." N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2016.
• "The Jesuit Institute - St Edmund Campion SJ." N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2016.