Blessed Edward James
Also known as: Gerald Edwards; Gerard Edwards; Edward Campion
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
October 1
Died
October 1, 1
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Biography
Blessed Edward James, also known as Gerald Edwards, Gerard Edwards, and Edward Campion, was born in Breaston, Derbyshire, England. He was raised in a Protestant family but eventually converted to Catholicism. Blessed Edward received his education at Saint John’s College, Oxford, but due to his refusal to acknowledge the queen as the head of Christianity in England, he was not awarded a degree.