Peter Martyr is the name of:
- Peter of Verona, 13th-century martyr
- Peter Martyr Vermigli, 16th-century Italian theologian
- Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, 16th-century Italian-born historian of Spain and its New World discoveries
Famous quotes containing the words peter and/or martyr:
“When the Day of Judgement dawns and the great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards—their crowns, their laurels, their names carved indelibly upon imperishable marble—the Almighty will turn to Peter and will say, not without a certain envy when he sees us coming with our books under our arms, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them here. They have loved reading.””
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
“The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)