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Peter of Verona (1205 – April 6, 1252), also known as Saint Peter Martyr and Saint Peter of Verona, was a 13th-century Italian Catholic priest. He was a Dominican friar and a celebrated preacher. He served as Inquisitor in Lombardy , was killed by an assassin, and was canonized as a Catholic saint 11 months after his death, making this the ...
The Liberation of St. Peter from prison by an angel, by Giovanni Lanfranco, 1620–21. ... [174] hold the view that Peter was martyred in Rome under Nero. [note 10]
Pope Anterus (Saint), elected 21 November 235, martyred at hands of Emperor Maximus [4] Pope Fabian (Saint), elected 10 January 236 and died a martyr during persecution and decapitated by Decius [4] Pope Cornelius (Saint), elected March 251 and died a martyr June 253 [4] Pope Lucius I (Saint), elected 25 June 253 and martyred 5 March 254 [4]
Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr, by Lorenzo Lotto Joan of Arc being burned at the stake, by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu. Tewdrig, 6th c. [61] Boethius, 6th c. [62] Sigismund of Burgundy, 524 [63] Edwin of Northumbria, 633 in the Battle of Hatfield Chase [64] Oswald of Northumbria, 642 in the Battle of Maserfield [65] Projectus of Clermont, 676
Saint Peter's status as a major martyr is not only because he was the "first vicar of Christ", but also because he was, like Christ, crucified. Although his final request is not mentioned in the canonical New Testament, it was popularly believed (due to the apocryphal text known as the Acts of Peter ) that he demanded: "Crucify me head ...
So one of the men went forward, and summoned up his courage, and cut off the head of the holy martyr and patriarch Peter; that day being the 29th of Hatur. [6] Hatur is a month in the Coptic calendar, corresponding roughly to November. Saint Peter's martyrdom occurred in the year AD 311.
According to Yanovsky's 1865 letter, upon receiving the report of Peter's death, St. Herman on Kodiak Island was moved to cry out, "Holy new-martyr Peter, pray to God for us!" [ 3 ] Peter the Aleut was glorified as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and locally glorified by the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in ...
Although the Canadian Doukhobors, a Spiritual Christian denomination, do not venerate saints, the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul has traditionally been a day of celebration for them. Since 1895, it has acquired a new significance as a commemoration of the "Burning of the Arms", the Doukhobors' destruction of their weapons, as a symbol of their ...