Edward Burden (c.1540–1588) [1] was a sixteenth century recusant priest.
Born in County Durham, he was a graduate of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [2] He studied at Duoay College [3] and was ordained a priest in Rheims [4] in 1584. [3] He is probably best known for being one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales, for, arriving in England in 1586, he was captured two years later and executed by hanging, drawing and quartering [3] in York on 29 November 1588, [4]
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 22 November 1987. [5]