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The Lydford Grange Agnus Dei Wax Tablet

A wax tablet bearing the impression of the Lamb of God, a token of peace and communion sent from Rome. This Agnus Dei was discovered in the attics at Lydford Grange in 1959 and given to Campion Hall Oxford. It bears the arms of Pope Gregory XIII who sent Campion and other Jesuits to England. Campion Hall Collections - Images © 2011 Jesuit Institute A higher resolution version of this file is available on request. Please email eharrison@jesuit.org.uk for access.

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St Edmund Campion SJ
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Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford

The University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford Campion was a student, tutor and fellow in the University of Oxford and would frequently have worshipped at the University Church. Image© 2011 Jesuit Institute

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St Edmund Campion SJ

Drawing of the Lyford Agnus Dei by Tony Hadland

Drawing of the Agnus Dei found at Lyford Grange. Image © 2001 Tony Hadland and used with permission. A higher resolution version of this file is available on request. Please email eharrison@jesuit.org.uk for access.

St Edmund Campion SJ
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Edmund Campion Earliest Known Portrait Engraving

This is the earliest known portrait of Campion. Engraving (1582) from A Particular Declaration or Testimony of the Undutifull and Traiterous Affection Borne Against her Maiestie by Edmond Campion Jesuite, and Other Condemned Priestes... (London, printed by Christopher Barker 1582)

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St Edmund Campion SJ

Edmund Campion before Elizabeth I Stained Glass

Tradition has it that Campion was secretly brought before Queen Elizabeth I following his arrest in July 1581. Painted glass window from Campion House College, Osterley; now in the Jesuit Community Chapel at Stonyhurst College. Image © 2012 Jesuit Institute A higher resolution of this image is available on request - please email eharrison@jesuit.org.uk for access.

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St Edmund Campion SJ

Edmund Campion Painting from Campion Hall

Early 18th Century Italian (?) This portrait was recovered from Augsburg Cathedral in 1889. It had probably hung in one of the German Jesuit Colleges until the Supression of the Society in 1773 when libraries and artworks were confiscated. It now hangs at Campion Hall Oxford. Campion Hall Collections - Image © 2011 Jesuit Institute

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St Edmund Campion SJ

Edmund Campion Engraving Antwerp

St Edmund Campion SJ - Engraving Antwerp 1631.

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St Edmund Campion SJ

Engraving of Hurdle from Challoner

The engraving shows a man being drawn on a hurdle to Tyburn for execution. The hurdle was like a sledge; the victim was bound head downwards and dragged through the mud and filth of the streets. Engraving (1830s?) by Mary Byfield from Memoirs of Missionary Priests (1741) by Bishop Richard Challoner. Image © 2011 Jesuit Institute. A higher resolution version of this file is available on request. Please email eharrison@jesuit.org.uk for access.

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St Edmund Campion SJ

Edmund Campion taken prisoner engraving

Campion was betrayed and arrested at Lyford Grange in Oxfordshire on 17th July 1581. On the journey to London and imprisonment in the Tower of London, he was made to wear a sign which read "Campion, the seditious Jesuit" Engraving from a 19th century edition of Challoner's Memoirs of Missionary Priests (1741)

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St Edmund Campion SJ

Decem Rationes

Campion wrote his Ten Reasons (Rationes Decem) to explain why the Catholic faith was the true continuation of the ancient Christian faith and why Protestantism could not claim to be the true faith. This is one of few surviving copies of the Rationes Decem and is at Campion Hall Oxford. Campion Hall Collections - Images © 2011 Jesuit Institute A higher resolution version of this file is available on request. Please email eharrison@jesuit.org.uk for access.

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