Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1880

pg 527       which the saintly Bishop Brute himself called the death of a 
             martyr of charity, and by which he was so much affected that no 
             other cause could be generally assigned for his own death, shortly 
             after this sad loss, then the desolation it created in his heart.
                  The beautiful pages of the "Annales" and of the "Ave Maria" 
             on Father Petit's memorable career dispense us from any further 
             attempt to repeat here what is already familiar to all.  What a 
             loss for the mission he loved so well!  So much accomplished in 
             one year!  And to die at twenty-seven years of age!  So much 
             regretted by all that knew him!