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Feast day June 29. Peter and Paul are giants of the Church. Both are apostles. Peter was very likely a middle-aged man when Jesus called him. He was a fisherman from Bethsaida, a village near the Lake of Galilee. Perhaps he was part of a fisherman’s co-op with his brother Andrew and friends James and John. At any rate, Andrew introduced Peter ...
STS. PETER & PAUL. June 29th, Solemnity. Liturgy of the Hours: This day has been made Holy by the passion of the apostles Peter and Paul. For their voice has gone forth to all the world, and to the ends of the earth their message. Both apostles share the same feast day, for these two were one; and even though they suffered on different days ...
Saint Peter ( c. 1610–1612) by Peter Paul Rubens, depicting Peter, vested in the pallium, and holding the Keys of Heaven. Church. Early Christian. See. First bishop of Rome (pope), according to Catholic and Eastern Christian tradition. First bishop of Antioch, according to Eastern Christian and Catholic tradition. Papacy began.
