Saint Peter

Saint Peter, also known as 'Simon Peter’, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and the first Bishop of Rome. The ancient Christian churches consider him to be the founder of the Roman Church and the Church of Antioch, but have differences in opinion about the supremacy of his present day successors. He was a fisherman who went on to become the leader of the Apostles, even though he failed Jesus Christ on several occasions. He converted thousands of people by his sermons and performed many miracles in his lifetime. Saint Paul and Saint Peter shared a rocky relationship, as the two leaders had opposing views on the sociability between Jewish and Gentile Christians. Christian tradition holds that Saint Peter was crucified in Rome under the leadership of Emperor Nero. In the New Testament, two general epistles are attributed to Peter, but modern experts generally do not accept the Peterine authorship. His teachings and eye witness accounts are depicted in the ‘Gospel of Mark’. Several books published on his life like 'Acts of Peter,' 'Gospel of Peter,' 'Preaching of Peter,' 'Apocalypse of Peter' and 'Judgement of Peter' could not be included in the Bible canons due to their apocryphal nature.