Edmund Campion

Saint Edmund Campion SJ
Portrait of St Edmund Campion
Martyr
Born	25 January 1540 London, Kingdom of England
Died	1 December 1581(1581-12-01) (aged 41) Tyburn, Kingdom of England
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	29 December 1886, Rome by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized	25 October 1970, Rome by Pope Paul VI
Feast	1 December (individual with two companions) 4 May (all English Martyrs) 25 October (collectively with Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) 29 October (one of the Douai Martyrs)
Attributes	Knife in chest, noose around neck, crucifix, holding a Bible, martyr's palm
Patronage	United Kingdom
Influenced	Henry Walpole Cuthbert Mayne

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Edmund Campion, SJ (25 January 1540 – 1 December 1581) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters. Convicted of high treason, he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Campion was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 and canonised in 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. His feast day is celebrated on 1 December.