Editor’s Notes

On 19 May, 1651, Bl. Peter Wright SJ achieved the palm of martyrdom in London, England. The following account of his life is taken from Bishop Richard Challoner’s Memoirs of the Missionary Priests. >Bishop Challoner was the Vicar Apostolic of the London District during the eighteenth century, and most famous today for his revision of the Douay-Rheims version of the Holy Scriptures, which are still used by Catholics today. He was also responsible for many important works, including The Garden of the Soul, Meditations for Every Day of the Year, and catechisms, as well as translations of The Imitation of Christ and St Augustine’s Confessions.

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