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St. Peter - English
URL: http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/PETER.htm

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St. Peter is mentioned so often in the New Testament—in the Gospels, in the Acts of the Apostles, and in the Epistles of St. Paul—that we feel we know him better than any other person who figured prominently in the life of the Saviour. In all, his name appears 182 times. We have no knowledge of him prior to his conversion, save that he was a Galilean fisherman, from the village of Bethsaida or Capernaum.

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St Peter - English
URL: http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/PETCHAIR.htm

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St Peter having triumphed over the devil in the East, pursued him to Rome in the person of Simon Magus. He who had formerly trembled at the voice of a poor maid now feared not the very throne of idolatry and superstition. The capital of the empire of the world, and the centre of impiety, called for the zeal of the prince of the apostles.

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POPES THROUGH THE AGES - English
URL: http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Pope/POPE.htm

The first Pope was a Galilean fisherman named Simon. He was from Bethsaida on the lake of Genesareth. He and his brother Andrew had been attracted by St. John the Baptist. When the Baptist directed them to Christ, Jesus saw in Simon a man of destiny. He saw in the rough fisherman the rock on which He would build His Church, and so He called Simon "Peter," which means rock. Later, Jesus in a scene of historic importance solemnly commissioned Peter.

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Patron Saint - English
URL: http://www.sspeterandpaul.org/saint.htm

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St. Peter, originally known as Simon, was the son of a man named John, and his brother's name was Andrew. We also know that he was married, since Jesus cured his mother-in-law at the family home at Bethsaida in Gallilee (Mark 11:30). A fisherman by trade, Jesus was to call Peter, along with his brother and James and John, to leave everything behind to become His followers and to catch people's souls in their nets (Matthew 4:19).

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII - English
URL: http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-08/anf08-97.htm

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Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Andrew. From a Bodleian Ms.

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Biography: Deliverance of the Apostle Peter (1 August 42) - English
URL: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/08/01.html

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We read the story of Peter's deliverance in Acts 12:1-17. King Herod Agrippa I (grandson of Herod the Great, who tried to kill the infant Jesus (Matthew 2), nephew of Herod Antipas, who killed John the Baptist (Mark 6) and examined Jesus on Good Friday (Luke 23), and father of Herod Agrippa II, who heard the defense of Paul before Festus (Acts 25)), acting probably in 42 AD, put the Apostle James bar-Zebedee to death, and imprisoned Peter with the intent of killing him also.

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Biography: Peter and Paul, Apostles and Martyrs (29 Jun 64) - English
URL: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/06/29.html

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The Confession of Peter ("Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God") is commemorated on 18 January, and the Conversion of Paul (on the approach to Damascus) a week later on 25 January. On 29 June we commemorate the martyrdoms of both apostles. The date is the anniversary of a day around 258, under the Valerian persecution, when what were believed to be the remains of the two apostles were both moved temporarily to prevent them from falling into the hands of the persecutors.

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Religion / Hagiology / Saint Peter - English
URL: http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/themes/t_2/st_2_03/a203_010.htm

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11744a.htm

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The life of St. Peter may be conveniently considered under the following heads: I. Until the Ascension of Christ II. St. Peter in Jerusalem and Palestine after the Ascension III. Missionary Journeys in the East; The Council of the Apostles IV. Activity and Death in Rome; Burial-place V. Feasts of St. Peter VI. Representations of St. Peter.

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