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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Edmund Campion canonical 4
Saint Edmund Campion 3
English Martyrs 1

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Statements (49)

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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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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