Who
Simon, son of Jonah, a fisherman of Bethsaida called by Christ with his brother Andrew and named Peter, the rock (Matt 16:18). First among the Twelve, he confessed Christ at Caesarea Philippi, denied him and was restored, preached at Pentecost, and led the Church at Jerusalem and then at Antioch. Tradition holds that he came to Rome, where he was martyred under Nero and buried on the Vatican hill; Irenaeus and Eusebius count the bishops of Rome from him. Two letters in the New Testament bear his name, and Mark's Gospel was held to preserve his preaching.
Lineage
In the succession →See of Rome, c. 30–c. 64/67.
- Disciples
- Ignatius of Antiochd. c. 107
Origen, Homilies on Luke 6 (Ignatius the second bishop of Antioch after Peter); Eusebius, Church History III.36 (tradition)
Mark the Evangelist1st c.Papias in Eusebius, Church History III.39 (Mark, Peter's interpreter, wrote what he remembered of his preaching); 1 Peter 5:13
Pope Clement Ic. 88–99Irenaeus, Against Heresies III.3.3 (he saw the apostles and conversed with them); Tertullian, Prescription 32 (ordained by Peter) (tradition)
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