RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Edmund Campion

1540 - 1581

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Campion is the 2,567th most popular religious figure (down from 2,324th in 2019), the 3,294th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,838th in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Edmund Campion ranks 2,567 out of 3,187. Before him are Eugênio Sales, Carl Tanzler, Gisbertus Voetius, Carlo Agostini, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, and Arcadio Larraona Saralegui. After him are Kuriakose Elias Chavara, János Simor, Saint Thorlak, Gamzat-bek, Pietro Palazzini, and Alfred Des Cloizeaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Edmund Campion ranks 28. Before him are Giovanni Artusi, Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Michael Rohoza, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, and Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser. After him are Alessandro Striggio, and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. Among people deceased in 1581, Edmund Campion ranks 13. Before him are Guillaume Postel, Honoré I, Lord of Monaco, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Louis Bertrand, Duchess Sabine of Württemberg, and Frans Pourbus the Elder.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Campion ranks 3,295 out of 8,785. Before him are Terry-Thomas (1911), Joe Wright (1972), Ali Carter (1979), John Mayow (1640), Richard Addinsell (1904), and Constance Markievicz (1868). After him are Teddy Sheringham (1966), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Enoch Powell (1912), Fish (1958), Dave Holland (1948), and Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Edmund Campion ranks 80. Before him are Arthur Roche (1950), Wulfhere of Mercia (650), Lullus (710), Andrew Bell (1753), Richard Hooker (1554), and Justin Welby (1956). After him are Æthelthryth (636), George Abbot (1562), Henry Edward Manning (1808), Samson of Dol (490), Hugh Latimer (1485), and Aldhelm (639).

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