Saint Peter

apostle of Jesus Christ

12 dated entries naming Saint Peter, drawn from 11 separate years between 37 CE and 1949 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century

  • 37Peter the Apostle founds the Church of Antioch (approximate date).source
  • 53Evodius succeeds Saint Peter as Patriarch of Antioch.source
  • 65The first Christian community in Africa is founded by Mark, a disciple of Peter.source
  • 67Apostles Peter and Paul are martyred in Rome (possible date).source
  • 67Linus succeeds Peter, as the second Bishop of Rome.source
  • 68Apostles Peter and Paul are martyred in Rome (latest possible date).source

4th century

  • 356Construction begins on the first basilica of Saint Peter in Rome.source

7th century

  • 689Cædwalla of Wessex arrives in Rome and is baptised by pope Sergius I, taking the name Peter. He dies 10 days later and is buried at St. Peter's Basilica.source

8th century

  • 731November 1 – Synod of Rome: Gregory III summons a council at the shrine of Saint Peter. All western bishops participate, including the Roman nobility. Gregory condemns Iconoclasm as a heresy.source

9th century

  • 890Lord Æthelred II and Lady Æthelflæd (a daughter of Alfred the Great) of the Mercians found the Priory of St. Oswald in Gloucester (probably originally dedicated to St. Peter).source

10th century

  • 910William I (the Pious) of Aquitaine, donates land in Burgundy for the building of a Benedictine monastery dedicated to the saints Peter and Paul. Hence the Abbey of Cluny, becomes the largest in the West. In the foundation charter, William renounces all rights to the monastery and nominates Berno as the first abbot of Cluny (Eastern France). He places the monastery directly under the control of the Papal See.source

20th century

  • 1949August 21 – The Vatican announces that bones uncovered in its catacombs could be those of the apostle Peter; 19 years later, Pope Paul VI announces confirmation that the bones belong to this first pope.source

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