BL. EDWARD BURDEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 29 NOVEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER 

Saints celebrated on the 29th of November

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BLESSED EDWARD BURDEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR 

Blessed Edward Burden was an English Priest and  Martyr; born c. 1540 in Co. Durham, England. He died on November 29, 1588, by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at York, England. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford, before completing his theological studies on the Continent. He was ordained (1584) at Douai and returned to England in 1586 to work in Yorkshire. He was condemned for his priesthood and suffered with Fr John Hewitt. Blessed Edward Burden was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 22, 1987 with George Haydock and Companions.

Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/burden-edward-bl

⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Edward confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.