Blessed Peter Wright was a Jesuit Catholic priest, born in 1603 in Slipton, Northamptonshire, England and died as a martyr on May 19 1651 at the age of 48 in Tyburn, London, England. We celebrate his feast day on May 19 every year in the Catholic Church.
Blessed Peter Wright Biography |
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| Date of Birth | 1603 AD |
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| Place of Birth | Slipton, Northamptonshire, England |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Priests |
| Profession | Priest |
| Place of Work | England |
| Date of Death | May 19 1651 |
| Place of Death | Tyburn, London, England |
| Feast Day | May 19 |
| Beatification | Beatified by Pope Pius XI on December 15 1929 |
Blessed’s Biography
Blessed Peter Wright was born into a Protestant family, and he converted to Catholicism. Worked for ten years in a law firm.
Joined the troop, was assigned to the Netherlands but left after a month. Peter studied at the Jesuit seminary in Ghent and in Rome.
Later he became a priest and in 1629 entered the Jesuits in Belgium and held posts in Liège and Saint-Omer. Chaplain to English soldiers in Flanders, Belgium.
In the spring of 1644, he returned to England with Sir Henry Gage and served as pastor of the Royalist Army during the English Civil War. Rabbi of the Marquis of Winchester.
Arrested on Candlemas Day in 1651 during the repression of Christians by Oliver Cromwell for his beliefs in London. He was housed in Newgate Prison. He was killed in front of 20,000 spectators.
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