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Edmund Duke

BlessedResearchedKingdom of England

Feast: 27 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
1565
Died
27 May 1590
verified
Beatified
22 November 1987
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Canonised
not yet

Who they were

Edmund Duke was a priest who was put to death at Durham on 27 May 1590, under Elizabeth I, together with Richard Hill, John Hogg and Richard Holliday.

In 1913 the Catholic Encyclopedia counted him among the English martyrs whose cause had been admitted at Rome, who were then styled Venerable.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

One of the English martyrs who died for the Catholic faith under Elizabeth I.

Connected on this site

  • John Hogg Blessed
    “The Dryburne Martyrs: Richard Hill, Richard Holiday, John Hogg and Edmund Duke (all died 27 May 1590) were English Roman Catholic priests and martyrs, executed at Dryburne, County Durham, in the reign of Elizabeth I.” — Wikipedia
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