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Catholic AnswerSt. Edmund was a brilliant Englishmen who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I. He took many honors at Oxford, eventually teaching there. He was famous for his speeches and oratory. Later he went to Ireland, and eventually to Rome where he converted to the Church, became a Jesuit priest, and returned to England. In England he eventually was tried, found guilty, tortured, and executed.
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