ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 29th of November
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.
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