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A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to a beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you can help by ...
The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul is a liturgical feast in honor of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul, which is observed on 29 June. The celebration is of ancient Christian origin, the date selected being the anniversary of either their death or the translation of their ...
In 405, Pope Innocent sent a list of the sacred books to a Gallic bishop, Exsuperius of Toulouse, [8] identical with that of Trent (which took place more than 1000 years later), [9] [10] [11] except for some uncertainty in the manuscript tradition about whether the letters ascribed to Paul were 14 or only 13, in the latter case possibly ...
The Catholic Encyclopedia states: "St. Paul's account of the incident leaves no doubt that St. Peter saw the justice of the rebuke." [31] In contrast, L. Michael White's From Jesus to Christianity states: "The blowup with Peter was a total failure of political bravado, and Paul soon left Antioch as persona non grata, never again to return." [32]
Beheading of Saint Paul (Lorenzo Monaco, 1398–1400) The text is framed as the tale of Paul's journey from the island of "Gaudomeleta" (probably Gozo) to Rome, where it also claims that on the way the ship also lands in Melita. [2] It assigns Peter as Paul's brother. It also describes the death of Paul by beheading, an early church tradition.
Saint Peter, the first Pope, with the Keys of Heaven.By Francesco del Cossa, currently at the Pinacoteca di Brera.. Papacy in early Christianity was the period in papal history between 30 AD, when according to Catholic doctrine, Saint Peter effectively assumed his pastoral role as the Visible Head of the Church, until the pontificate of Miltiades, in 313, when Peace in the Church began.
Monument to Innocentius VIII in Saint Peter's Basilica. Innocent was first buried in the Oratory of Our Lady in Old St. Peter's Basilica. The tomb was crafted by Antonio del Pollaiuolo, who completed the work shortly before his own death in February 1498. [18] Around 1507 it was moved to the "Shroud" aisle adjacent to the Chapel of the Holy Lance.
Saint Peter is depicted receiving the keys to the kingdom of Heaven from Christ on the wall of the Sistine Chapel in Perugino's Delivery of the Keys. Pope Paul III commissioned Michelangelo to paint yet another fresco of Saint Peter around the year 1545. [2]