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St. Peter taught in [[Jerusalem]], [[Palestine]] and [[Samaria]]. He preached also in Lydda, Joppa and Caesarea; after, he went to Asia Minor and lived in [[Corinth]]. For the last part of his life St. Peter stayed in [[Rome]].     

St. Peter taught in [[Jerusalem]], [[Palestine]] and [[Samaria]]. He preached also in Lydda, Joppa and Caesarea; after, he went to Asia Minor and lived in [[Corinth]]. For the last part of his life St. Peter stayed in [[Rome]].     

St. Peter was crucified in Rome (67?) but, out of his respect for [[Jesus]], St. Peter requested and obtained an upside-down crucifixion, with his agonizingly pointed downwards at Rome (67?).  The brutal, anti-Christian Nero was the Roman Emperor at the time. This was recorded by the historian [[Origen]].<br>  Peter's remains were placed at a magnificent basilica erected at the foot of the [[Vatican]] Hill.  

St. Peter was crucified in Rome (67 A.D.) but, out of his respect for [[Jesus]], St. Peter requested and obtained an upside-down crucifixion, with his agonizingly pointed downwards at Rome (67 A.D.).  The brutal, anti-Christian Nero was the Roman Emperor at the time. This was recorded by the historian [[Origen]].<br>  Peter's remains were placed at a magnificent basilica erected at the foot of the [[Vatican]] Hill.  

 

== Life ==

== Life ==

Peter lived in [[Bethsaida]], along the western coast of the [[Sea of Galilee]]. [[Philip]], another of Jesus' twelve, also lived there. Brought up here, Peter was trained to be a fisher. He and Andrew were also taught throughout their lives the upcoming prophecy of the [[Messiah]] and studied the scriptures. Later in his life, he lived in [[Capernaum]], where his mother and Andrew lived with him.<ref>"http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%201:29;&version=31;"</ref> Peter was also married,<ref>"http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%208:14;&version=31;"</ref> and his wife most likely accompanied him on his travels.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%209:5;&version=31;</ref>

Peter lived in [[Bethsaida]], along the western coast of the [[Sea of Galilee]]. [[Philip]], another of Jesus' twelve, also lived there. Brought up here, Peter was trained to be a fisher. He and Andrew were also taught throughout their lives the upcoming prophecy of the [[Messiah]] and studied the scriptures. Later in his life, he lived in [[Capernaum]], where his mother and Andrew lived with him.<ref>"http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%201:29;&version=31;"</ref> Peter was also married,<ref>"http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%208:14;&version=31;"</ref> and his wife most likely accompanied him on his travels.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%209:5;&version=31;</ref>

Peter, while in [[Rome]] around 67 AD, died a [[martyr]]. Jesus had predicted the violent death Peter would die,<ref>"http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2021:18,19;&version=31;"</ref> and his crucifixion in Rome is said to be the prophesy coming true. At the [[crucifixion]], Peter asked to be crucified upside down, believing he didn't deserve to die the same way Christ his savior had died. He is identified as the first [[Pope]] of the Roman [[Catholic Church]].

Saint [[Jerome]] relates: "Simon Peter the son of John, from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, brother of Andrew the apostle, and himself chief of the apostles, after having been bishop of the church of Antioch and having preached to the Dispersion — the believers in circumcision, in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia — pushed on to Rome in the second year of Claudius to overthrow Simon Magus, and held the sacerdotal chair there for twenty-five years until the last, that is the fourteenth, year of Nero. At his hands he received the crown of martyrdom being nailed to the cross with his head towards the ground and his feet raised on high, asserting that he was unworthy to be crucified in the same manner as his Lord. He wrote two epistles which are called Catholic, the second of which, on account of its difference from the first in style, is considered by many not to be by him. Then too the Gospel according to Mark, who was his disciple and interpreter, is ascribed to him. On the other hand, the books, of which one is entitled his Acts, another his Gospel, a third his Preaching, a fourth his Revelation, a fifth his Judgment are rejected as apocryphal."Buried at Rome in the Vatican near the triumphal way he is venerated by the whole world." <ref>De Viris Illustribus, #1, on Saint Peter. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2708.htm</ref> The second year of Claudius is 42 A.D. and the 14th year of Nero is 67 A.D. St. Peter's 25 year reign as Bishop of Rome was therefore from 42-67 A.D.

 

St. Peter there died in [[Rome]] around 67 A.D. as a [[martyr]] for Christ. Our Lord Jesus had predicted the violent death Peter would die<ref>"http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2021:18,19;&version=31;"</ref> and just as the Lord had said, this happened to St. Peter several years later. His crucifixion in Rome is the Lord's Prophesy coming true. At the [[crucifixion]], St.Peter asked to be crucified upside down, believing he didn't deserve to die the same way Christ his Savior had died. He is identified as the first [[Pope]] of the Roman [[Catholic Church]].

Successor: [[Pope Linus|Saint Linus]].

Successor: [[Pope Linus|Saint Linus]].