SAINT
saint-edmund-of-abingdon
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Edmund of Abingdon was an English Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury. He became a respected lecturer in mathematics, dialectics and theology at the Universities of Paris and Oxford, promoting the study of Aristotle.
feast Day
11-16
patronages
- Abingdon
- Oxfordshire
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth
- St Edmund's College
- Cambridge
- St Edmund Hall
- Oxford
- St Edmund’s College
- Ware.
birth Date
perhaps 20 November 1174
death Date
1240-11-16
canonization Status
canonized
canonization Date
16 December 1246
canonized By
Pope Innocent IV
feast Month
11
feast Day Of Month
16