Apostle Peter

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Christian apostle New Testament person early Christian leader fisherman martyr saint

Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saint Peter	74
Peter the Apostle	17
Saint Peter the Apostle	5
Simon Peter	5
Cephas	1
Cephas (Peter)	1
Saint Peter with keys	1
Shimon Kepha	1
apostle Peter	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian apostle ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ early Christian leader ⓘ fisherman ⓘ martyr ⓘ saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Cephas Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Shimon Kepha Simon ⓘ Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Simon Peter
associatedWith	confession of Jesus as the Christ ⓘ keys of the Kingdom of Heaven ⓘ rock of the Church ⓘ
authorTraditionallyAttributed	Catholic Epistles ⓘ surface form: First Epistle of Peter Catholic Epistles ⓘ surface form: Second Epistle of Peter
burialPlace	Vatican Hill ⓘ
calledBy	Jesus Christ ⓘ
centralFigureIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ surface form: Acts of the Apostles chapters 1–12
closeTo	Jesus Christ ⓘ
deathPlace	Rome ⓘ
discipleOf	Jesus Christ ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
feastDay	18 January ⓘ 29 June ⓘ
givenName	Simon ⓘ
influenced	Jewish-Gentile relations in early Christianity ⓘ development of the papacy ⓘ early Christian doctrine ⓘ
languageSpoken	Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	crucifixion ⓘ
memberOf	Twelve Apostles ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Pauline epistles
nationality	Jewish ⓘ
occupation	apostle ⓘ church leader ⓘ missionary ⓘ
patronage	Rome ⓘ fishermen ⓘ papacy ⓘ shipbuilders ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Bethsaida ⓘ
positionHeld	bishop of Rome ⓘ foundational leader of the early Christian Church ⓘ leader of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ pillar of the Church ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrder	early Jewish-Christian community ⓘ
residence	Capernaum ⓘ
roleInText	confessed Jesus as the Messiah at Caesarea Philippi ⓘ denied Jesus three times ⓘ healed a lame man at the Temple gate ⓘ opened the Church to Gentiles through Cornelius ⓘ preached at Pentecost ⓘ walked on water toward Jesus ⓘ was restored by the risen Jesus ⓘ witnessed the Transfiguration ⓘ
shrine	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
sibling	Andrew the Apostle ⓘ
spouse	unnamed wife ⓘ
symbol	crossed keys ⓘ rooster ⓘ upside-down cross ⓘ
tradition	crucified upside down ⓘ
traditionallyRegardedAs	first Pope ⓘ founder of the Church in Rome ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church