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Saint Peter
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 Saint Peter 
West: Prince of the Apostles, First PopeEast: Pre-eminent ApostleBorn
c.1, Bethsaida
Died
64,Rome, bycrucifixion
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church,Anglican Church, Oriental Orthodoxy
Majorshrine
St. Peter's Basilica
Feast
main feast (withPaul the Apostle
 
)29 June(Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church,Oriental Orthodoxy,Anglicanism
 
)Chair of St Peter in Rome18 January (Pre-1960 Roman Calendar)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,man crucified head downwards, vested as an Apostle,holding a book or scroll. Iconographically, he isdepicted with a bushy white beard and white hair 
Patronage
See St. Peter's Patronage
Saint Peter
(Greek :
Πετρος
, Rock)
[1]
(c.1–64 AD) was the first of theTwelve Apostles, chosen byJesusfrom his firstdisciples. He is prominently featured in the New Testament Gospelsand theActs of the Apostles. Peter was aGalilean fishermanassigned a leadership role by Jesus. (Matthew 16:18) He was with Jesus during events witnessed by only a few apostles, such as theTransfiguration.
[2]
 Early Christian writers provided more details about his life. Catholic traditionclaims him as the first bishop of Rome, author of two canonicalepistles,and a martyr under   Nero, crucified head down, and buried in Rome.
[2]
His memoirs are traditionally cited as thesource of theGospel of Mark .TheRoman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental OrthodoxandAnglican Communion  consider Simon Peter asaint. According to Catholic tradition, but not in Orthodox tradition, Peter was the first bishop of Rome (Orthodox regard Linus to be the first bishop of Rome) andCatholics argue that the Popeis Peter's successor and therefore the rightful superior of all other   bishops. Eastern and Oriental Orthodox also not recognize theBishop of Romeas the successor of Saint Peter but theEcumenical Patriarch sends a delegation each year toRometo participate in the celebration of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. In the"Ravenna Document"of 13 October   2007, the representatives of theEastern Orthodox Churchagreed that "Rome, as the Church that 'presides in love' according to the phrase of St. Ignatius of Antioch (To the Romans, Prologue),occupied the first place in the
taxis
, and that the bishop of Rome was therefore the
 protos
amongthe patriarchs, if the Papacy unites with the Orthodox Church. They disagree, however, on theinterpretation of the historical evidence from this era regarding the prerogatives of the bishop of Rome as
 protos
, a matter that was already understood in different ways in the first millennium."In art, he is often depicted holding the keys to the kingdom of heaven (interpreted by Roman Catholics as the sign of his primacy over the Church), a reference toMatthew 16:19.
Contents
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1 Names and etymologies
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2 New Testament account
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2.1 Background
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2.2 Position among the apostles
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2.3 Walking on water 
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2.4 Washing of feet
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2.5 Arrest of Jesus
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