Apostle Peter

Saint Peter
Apostle, preacher, pope, Patriarch and martyr
Saint Peter by Peter Paul Rubens shows the saint holding the Keys of Heaven and wearing the pallium
Church	Early Christian Church
See	Rome, Antioch
Papacy began	AD 30
Papacy ended	between AD 64 and 68
Predecessor	Inaugural holder (first pope) (First Patriarch of Antioch)
Successor	Pope Linus as pope of the Roman Catholic Church Patriarch Evodius as patriarch Church of Antioch
Orders
Ordination	AD 33 by Jesus Christ
Personal details
Birth name	Shimon (Simeon, Simon)
Born	ca. 1 AD Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
Died	between AD 64 and 68 Clementine Chapel, Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
Parents	John (or Jonah or Jona)
Occupation	Fisherman, clergyman
Sainthood
Feast day	Main feast (with Paul the Apostle) 29 June (Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Lutheranism) Chair of St Peter in Rome 18 January (Pre-1960 Roman Calendar) Confession of St Peter 18 January (Anglicanism) Chair of St Peter 22 February (Catholic Church) St Peter in Chains 1 August (pre-1960 Roman Calendar)
Venerated in	All Christian churches that venerate saints
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Attributes	Keys of Heaven, pallium, papal vestments, rooster, man crucified upside down, vested as an Apostle, holding a book or scroll. Iconographically, he is depicted with a bushy white beard and white hair.
Patronage	Patronage list
Shrines	St. Peter's Basilica

Saint Peter (Syriac/Aramaic: ܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ ܟܹ݁ܐܦ݂ܵܐ, Shemayon Keppa, Arabic :شمعون الصفا Shamaon Safa, Hebrew: שמעון בר יונה‎‎ Shim'on bar Yona, Greek: Πέτρος Petros, Latin: Petrus; r. AD 30; d. between AD 64 and 68), also known as Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simōn pronunciation , according to the New Testament, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, leaders of the early Christian Church. He is also the "Apostle of the Apostles", an honor 3rd-century theologian Hippolytus of Rome gave him, and the first pope of the Roman Catholic Church, ordained by Jesus in the "Rock of My Church" dialogue in Matthew 16:18. The ancient Christian churches all venerate Peter as a major saint and associate him with founding the Church of Antioch and later the Church in Rome, but differ about the authority of his successors in present-day Christianity.