Saint Edmund of Abingdon

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

November 16

Patronage

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

Wikidata qid

Q1235967

Feast day of month

16

Saints