August 28th

Saint Edmund Arrowsmith

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Lancaster, United Kingdom

At Lancaster, likewise in England, Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, a native of the same duchy, who, after many years devoted to pastoral care in his homeland as a priest and having led many to the Catholic faith, against the will of the local Protestants, was hanged and died under King Charles I.

Latin Original

Lancástriz item in Anglia, sancti Edmündi Arrowsmith, presbyteri e Societáte Iesu et mártyris, ex eódem ducátu oriündi, qui post plures annos in pátria curz pastoráli addíctus, cum sacérdos esset et ad cathólicam fidem multos induxísset, ipsis protestántibus loci invítis, sub Cárolo rege Primo fune suspénsus occübuit.