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Saint Peter
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Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
— As quoted in Gospel of Matthew 16:17-19, NKJV. Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has
Saint Peter
Apostle of Jesus Christ
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Lived -1–65, aged 66Israel
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Updated 2026-06-21
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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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 appoin…
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Saint Peter
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Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
— As quoted in Gospel of Matthew 26:33 - 35. Jesus responds: "Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny
Saint Peter
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So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of [a]Jonah, do you love Me more than these?
— Quotes of Peter from traditional sources
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