Edmund Arrowsmith (Arrowsmith, English Edmund Arrowsmith SJ [1] , 1585, Lancashire , England - August 28, 1628, England) - Holy Roman Catholic Church , priest from the Jesuit monastic order , martyr .
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| Birth | 1585 England |
| Death | August 28, 1628 Lancaster , England |
| Is revered | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 1929 year |
| Canonized | 1970 year |
| In the face | Saint |
| Day of Remembrance | August 28 and October 25 |
| Asceticism | martyr |
The main source of information about Edmund Arrowsmith is a hagiographic narrative written by an eyewitness to martyrdom ( Eng. St. John Southworth ) and published after the death of Edmund Arrowsmith in the second half of the 17th century.
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Biography
Edmund was the son of English landowner Robert Arrowsmith and Margery Gerard, who came from an aristocratic family known in Lancashire . Among the relatives of Edmund’s mother are Miles Gerard , who was martyred and revered in the Catholic Church as blessed, as well as the English historian John Gerard .
Edmund Arrowsmith was born in 1585 on the outskirts of Winwick . The Edmund family, because of its commitment to Catholicism, was constantly persecuted by the British authorities. In 1605, Edmund went to France in the city of Douai to study there in a seminary as a Catholic priest, but after a while due to poor health he was forced to return to England. In 1607, he continued his studies at Douai. [2]
On December 9, 1612, Edmund Arrowsmith was ordained a priest in the French city of Arras , after which he went on a mission to England, where he secretly began to engage in pastoral activities among English Catholics in Lancashire . He was arrested in 1622 for illegal activities and interrogated by the Anglican bishop of Chester , but was soon pardoned and released by decree of the king along with other Catholic priests.
In 1624, Edmund Arrowsmith entered the monastic order of the Jesuits. At the beginning of 1628, Edmund Arrowsmith was again arrested by slander, convicted as a Jesuit priest, and sentenced to death.
On August 28, 1628, in the Lancaster Castle, he was executed by hanging, evisceration, and quartering .
Praise
Edmund Arrowsmith was beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI and canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI in a group of 40 English and Welsh martyrs . His relics are stored in the Catholic Church of St. Oswald in the city of Ashton in Muckerfield, England .
Memorial Day in the Catholic Church - October 25 .
Notes
- ↑ see Abbreviations of Catholic Male Monastic Orders and Congregations
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography