Saint Edmund Arrowsmith
Also known as: Brian Arrowsmith; Edmund Bradshaw; Edmund Rigby
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 28
Died
August 1, 28
Canonized
25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Biography
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, also known as Brian Arrowsmith, Edmund Bradshaw, and Edmund Rigby, was born in 1585 in Haydock, Lancashire, England. He was the son of Robert Arrowsmith, a farmer, and Margery Gerard Arrowsmith. Raised in a devout Catholic family, Saint Edmund's parents rebelled against attending Protestant services and often harbored Catholic priests in their home....
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