Edward Colman (martyr)

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Edward Coleman
"Coleman examined in Newgate by several Lords". Popish Plot playing card drawn by Francis Barlow
Layman
Born17 May 1636
Brent Eleigh, Suffolk
Died3 December 1678 (aged 42)
Tyburn, London, England
Honored inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Feast3 December
"Coleman drawn to his execution"; one of a set of playing cards depicting the Popish Plot by Francis Barlow, c. 1679

Edward Colman or Coleman (17 May 1636 – 3 December 1678) was an English Catholic courtier under Charles II of England. He was hanged, drawn and quartered on a treason charge, having been implicated by Titus Oates in his false accusations concerning a Popish Plot.[1] He is a Catholic martyr, beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929.[2]

  1. ^ Andrew Barclay, 'Colman , Edward (1636–1678)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  2. ^ Online, Catholic. "Bl. Edward Coleman - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online. Retrieved 25 December 2020.