Campion is proud of its patron, Blessed Edmund Campion. Student, teacher, martyr, and gentleman were combined in this man to give us a model worthy of imitation.
While attending school, Campion developed as well from his extracurricular activities as from his studies many of the qualities that were to aid him in his future life. He was a brilliant student; and upon the completion of his studies he was retained by Oxford as a master. In 1573 Campion joined the Jesuit order at Rome. After several years of teaching, he was sent as a missionary to his native England to minister to the needs of the persecuted Catholics. Campion loved danger -danger for the sake of God. Fearlessly he carried out his duties in England, but soon the inevitable happened. He was seized and thrown into prison. After inhuman torture he was led through the streets of London to Tyburn Hill. Hanged and quartered, he died a hero of Christ on December 1, 1581.
One of the finest students of his day, a gentleman to his finger-tips, cultured and refined, he will live in memory forever as a man who had unconquerable courage -courage to do what is right, though it meant his life. The extra-curricular activities at Campion help the Campion Knight of today imitate his model of yesterday.