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Blessed Peter Wright

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

19-May

Born

1603 at Slipton, Northamptonshire, England

Died

Hanged on 19 May (Whit Monday) 1651 at Tyburn, London, England; sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered, he was allowed to hang until death, and was spared the other tortures because the authorities feared reaction of the large crowd

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Venerated

8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Peter Wright, born in 1603 in Slipton, Northamptonshire, England, was born into a Protestant family. However, he later converted to Catholicism and dedicated his life to the service of God.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1929-12-15 by 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

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