Priest and Martyr · Remembered on December 1
St. Edmund Campion
St. Edmund Campion is remembered on December 1 in Bless’s calendar of saints.
| Remembered on | December 1 |
|---|---|
| Title | Priest and Martyr |
| Died | 1581 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
The ornament of Elizabethan Oxford — the queen herself had marked him — who slipped away to Douai and the Jesuits, returned disguised as a jewel merchant, and for a year preached to hunted Catholics while his ‘Brag’ and Ten Reasons ran from secret presses. Betrayed, racked three times, offered preferment to conform, he told his judges that in condemning him and his companions they condemned all their own ancestors.
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Edmund Campion. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. Edmund Campion keeps December 1 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of December.
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