Saint Peter
Apostle of Jesus Christ · Israel · Religious Figures · Lived 1 BC to AD 65 · aged 65
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Something wrong?A fisherman who left his nets to follow an itinerant preacher and ended up shaping the structure of Western Christianity. Catholic tradition calls him the first pope; his death under Nero in Rome planted the seed for the Vatican itself.
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St Peter, portrait by Rembrandt (1632)
The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew, 1603-1606, Caravaggio![St. Peter's Church, Capernaum on the north side of the Sea of Galilee. A Franciscan church is built upon the traditional site of Apostle Peter's house.[33]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Ancient_capernum_is.JPG/1280px-Ancient_capernum_is.JPG)
St. Peter's Church, Capernaum on the north side of the Sea of Galilee. A Franciscan church is built upon the traditional site of Apostle Peter's house.[33]
The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew (from the Maestà), by Duccio, c. 1308 - c. 1311
Apostle Peter striking the High Priests' servant Malchus with a sword in the Garden of Gethsemane, by Giuseppe Cesari, c. 1597
The Liberation of Saint Peter from Prison, Jacopo di Cione, 1370-1371 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
St. Peter Preaching the Gospel in the Catacombs by Jan StykaIn their own words 3
, Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of aJonah, do you love Me more than these?
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Born Shimon bar Yonah around 1 BC, he worked as a fisherman with his brother Andrew before both became part of the Twelve Apostles. The gospels place him at the center of Jesus's inner circle, and the Gospel of Mark is thought to bear the stamp of his firsthand testimony. After the crucifixion, he emerged as one of the early Church's first leaders, mentioned prominently in Acts and in Paul's letters to the Corinthians and Galatians. Early Church historians - Irenaeus, Tertullian, Eusebius - record that Peter spent his final years in Rome, where he and Paul founded the church and where Peter appointed Linus as bishop. He was executed under Emperor Nero sometime between AD 64 and 68, traditionally crucified on Vatican Hill. His grave became the foundation for what would grow into the seat of papal authority.
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