Saint Peter

apostle of Jesus Christ

14 dated entries naming Saint Peter, drawn from 12 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
64Persecution of Christians in Rome begins under Nero. Peter the Apostle is possibly among those crucified.source
64October 13 — Peter the Apostle (Margherita Guarducci, who led the research leading to the rediscovery of Peter's reputed tomb in 1963, concluded that Peter died on that date, shortly after the Great Fire of Rome and during the festivities to mark "dies imperii" of Emperor Nero, and that Peter and other Christians were crucified in honor of the decennial of Nero's October 13, AD 54 ascension to the imperial throne.) (born 1 BC)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