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| Name | Saint Peter the Apostle | | Titles | Prince of the Apostles, First Pope, Martyr, Preacher | | Birth date | ca. 1 BC | | Birth place | Bethsaida | | Death date | possibly AD 67 | | Death place | Rome, by crucifixion | | Venerated in | Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, Lutheranism, Oriental Orthodoxy, Islam (honoured) | | Major shrine | St. Peter's Basilica | | Feast | main feast (with Paul of Tarsus) 29 June (Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Lutheranism)
Chair of St Peter in Rome 18 January (Pre-1960 Roman Calendar)
Confession of St Peter 18 January (Anglicanism)
Chair of St Peter 22 February (Roman Catholic Church)
St Peter in Chains 1 August (pre-1960 Roman Calendar) | | Attributes | Keys of Heaven, pallium, Papal vestments, Rooster, man crucified head downwards, vested as an Apostle, holding a book or scroll. Iconographically, he is depicted with a bushy white beard and white hair | | Patronage | See St. Peter's Patronage |
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| | English name | Peter | | Term start | AD 30? | | Term end | AD 64? | | Predecessor | New creation (First Pope) | | Successor | Linus | | Birth name | Simon/Simeon bar Jona | | Birth place | Bethsaida (traditional) | | Date of death | c. AD 64 (traditional) | | Death place | City of Rome (traditional),
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Simon Peter ( , Pétros, "stone, rock"; possibly died AD 67), sometimes called Simon Cephas ( , Simōn Kēphas; ; , Sëmʻān Kêfâ) after his name in Hellenised Aramaic, was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Peter was the son of John or of Jonah and was from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee. His brother Andrew was also an apostle. Simon Peter is venerated in multiple churches and is regarded as the first Pope by the Roman Catholic Church.
After working to establish the church of Antioch for seven years presiding as the city's bishop and preaching to scattered communities of believers (Jews, Hebrew Christians and the gentiles), in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia Minor and Bithynia, Peter went to Rome. In the second year of Claudius, it is claimed, he overthrew Simon Magus and held the Sacerdotal Chair for 25 years. He is said to have been put to death at the hand of Nero. He wrote two Catholic epistles. The Gospel of Mark is also ascribed to him (as Mark was his disciple and interpreter). On the other hand, several books-the Acts, Gospel, Preaching, Revelation, and Judgement of Peter-are rejected by Christians as Apocryphal.
According to New Testament accounts, he was one of Twelve Apostles, chosen by Jesus from his first disciples. He was a fisherman assigned a leadership role by Jesus and was with Jesus during events witnessed by only a few Apostles, such as the Transfiguration.
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