Apostle Peter

E6635

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.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Peter	461
Peter the Apostle	33
Apostle Peter canonical	31
Saint Peter the Apostle	12
Simon Peter	11
Cephas	2
Cephas (Peter)	1
Saint Peter according to Syriac Orthodox tradition	1
Saint Peter with keys	1
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles	1
Shimon Kepha	1
St. Peter	1
The Apostle Peter	1
apostle Peter	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34998 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Apostle Peter
Context triple: [Jesus Christ, influenced, Apostle Peter]

A. Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
B. Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
C. Deacon Phillippe
Deacon Phillippe was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, best known for his standout performances with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including in the inaugural 1903 World Series.
D. Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph is a key figure in Christianity, venerated as the earthly father of Jesus and a model of humility, obedience, and protective care.
E. Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Apostle Peter
Target entity description: 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.

A. Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
B. Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
C. Deacon Phillippe
Deacon Phillippe was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, best known for his standout performances with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including in the inaugural 1903 World Series.
D. Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph is a key figure in Christianity, venerated as the earthly father of Jesus and a model of humility, obedience, and protective care.
E. Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
F. None of above. chosen

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (558)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Petrikirche → namedAfter → Apostle Peter ⓘ

St Peter and St Paul Church → dedicatedTo → Apostle Peter ⓘ

subject surface form: St Peter and St Paul Church, West Newton