priest in England. He was sentenced to death, and hanged, drawn and quartered at Lancaster on 28 August 1628. His final confession was heard by John Southworth, who was imprisoned along with Arrowsmith. Veneration Edmund Arrowsmith's was beatified in 1929. In 1970, he was canonized as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales by Pope Paul VI His feast day is 28 August, he is also commemorized on 25 October with the Forty Martyrs. Lancaster Cathedral celebrates Arrowsmith as one of the Lancashire Martyrs, whose feast is kept throughout the diocese on 7 August each year. His hand was preserved and kept by the Arrowsmith family as a relic and it now rests in the Catholic Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith, Ashton-in-Makerfield. Stonyhurst College retains the small trunk of vestments and equipment which he carried from house to house. St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School is located in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. There is also St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy in Whiston, Merseyside. References External links Gardner, Mick. "The Death of Saint Edmund Arrowsmith", Brindle Historical Society Jesuit saints 1585 births 1628 deaths People from St Helens, Merseyside Martyred Roman Catholic priests English Roman Catholic saints Forty Martyrs of England and Wales People executed by Stuart England by hanging, drawing and quartering People from Haydock 17th-century Christian saints Canonizations by Pope Paul VI 17th-century Roman Catholic martyrs 17th-century English Roman Catholic priests Jesuit martyrs Executed people from Merseyside Executed Roman Catholic priests