Peter (apostle)
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Pope Saint Peter |
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| Apostle, pope, patriarch, and martyr | |
Saint Peter (c. 1468) by Marco Zoppo depicts Peter as an old man holding the Keys of Heaven and a book representing the gospel.
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| Church | Early Christian Great Church |
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| Installed | AD 30 |
| Term ended | between AD 64 and 68 |
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| Ordination | AD 33 by Jesus Christ |
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| Birth name | Shimon (Simeon, Simon) |
| Born | ca. 1 AD Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire |
| Died | between AD 64 and 68 (aged 62–67) Clementine Chapel, Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire |
| Parents | John (or Jonah; Jona) |
| Occupation | Fisherman, clergyman |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | Main feast (with Paul the Apostle) 29 June (Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Lutheranism) Chair of Saint Peter in Rome 18 January (pre-General Roman Calendar of 1960) Confession of Saint Peter 18 January (Anglicanism) Chair of Saint Peter 22 February (Catholic Church) Saint Peter in Chains 1 August (pre-1960 Roman Calendar) |
| Venerated in | All Christian denominations that venerate saints, Islam |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Attributes | Keys of Heaven, pallium, papal vestments, rooster, man crucified upside down, vested as an Apostle, holding a book or scroll, Cross of Saint Peter. Iconographically, he is depicted with a bushy white beard and white hair. |
| Patronage | Patronage list |
| Shrines | St. Peter's Basilica |
Saint Peter (Syriac/Aramaic: ܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ ܟܹ݁ܐܦ݂ܵܐ, Shemayon Keppa; Hebrew: שמעון בר יונה Shim'on bar Yona; Greek: Πέτρος Petros; Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, translit. Petros; Latin: Petrus; r. AD 30; died between AD 64 and 68), also known as Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simon (/ˈsaɪmən/, 
pronunciation ), according to the New Testament, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, leaders of the early Christian Great Church. Pope Gregory I called him repeatedly the "Prince of the Apostles". According to Catholic teaching, Jesus promised Peter in the "Rock of My Church" dialogue in Matthew 16:18 a special position in the Church. He is traditionally counted as the first Bishop of Rome—or pope—and also by Eastern Christian tradition as the first Patriarch of Antioch. The ancient Christian churches all venerate Peter as a major saint and as the founder of the Church of Antioch and the Roman Church, but differ in their attitudes regarding the authority of his present-day successors (the primacy of the Bishop of Rome).
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