Excerpt from Edmund Campion: A BiographyEdmund campion, the protomartyr of the English Je suits, was born in London on St. Paul's day, January 2 5, the thirtieth year of Henry VIII., a year marked by the suppression of the great religious houses in Eng land, and the inauguration of a persecution of which, forty years after, Campion was to be'a victim, as well as by the solemn papal approval of the Society of Jesus, of which he was to be an ornament. His father was also Edmund Campion, citizen and bookseller of London.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.