
Saint Edmund Campion
Also known as: Edmundus Campion; The Pope’s Champion
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
December 1
Born
January 24, 1540
Died
December 1, 1
Canonized
May 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Beatified
9 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
Biography
Saint Edmund Campion, also known as Edmundus Campion and The Pope's Champion, was born on January 24, 1540, in London, England. He was the son of a Catholic bookseller named Edmund, whose family had converted to Anglicanism. Initially, the young Edmund planned to follow in his father's footsteps and enter the family trade....