Peter the Apostle«שמעון בר יונה / Cephas / כיפא / Simon Peter / Σίμων Πέτρος / Πέτρος / Petrus / שמעון בן יונה»
(c. 1 – c. 64-68)
First Pope, Martyr
Pontificate/Patriarchate:/etc.:(30–33 / 64–68)
Place of birth:Herodian Tetrarchy (Idumaea, Judea & Samaria under Ethnarch Herod Archelaus)†
Place of death:Rome (Roman Empire)††
Feastday
29 June
Patronage
Patron of:Apalit, Pampanga†††; Birżebbuġa††††; Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore; Bremen†††††; Calatrava, Negros Occidental††††††; Calauag, Quezon†††††††; Chartres††††††††; Chimbote†††††††††; Cologne††††††††††; Davao City†††††††††††; Dunajská Streda††††††††††††; Évora; Exeter College, Oxford†††††††††††††; Hinton on the Green; Ilovik i Sveti Petar††††††††††††††; Jackson, Mississippi; Köpenick†††††††††††††††; Las Vegas; Leiden††††††††††††††††; Lessines†††††††††††††††††; Leuven††††††††††††††††††; Loboc, Bohol†††††††††††††††††††; Maralal; Marquette, Michigan; Moissac; Naumburg; Obermarsberg; Patriarchate of Antioch††††††††††††††††††††; Peterborough, City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire; Peterhouse, Cambridge; Philadelphia; Póvoa de Varzim; Poznań†††††††††††††††††††††; (Prince-)Provostry of Berchtesgaden (Holy Roman Empire)††††††††††††††††††††††; Providence, Rhode Island; Pubnico, Nova Scotia; Regensburg†††††††††††††††††††††††; Rio Grande do Sul; Roma; Saint Peter's University, Jersey City; Saint Petersburg††††††††††††††††††††††††; Saint Pierre and Miquelon†††††††††††††††††††††††††; San Pedro, Laguna††††††††††††††††††††††††††; San Pedro Soloma†††††††††††††††††††††††††††; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Seixal; Sestao; Sint-Pieters-Rode, Holsbeek; Sintra; Siuntio††††††††††††††††††††††††††††; St Peter's College, Adelaide†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††; St Peter's College, Auckland††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††; St Peter's College, Oxford; St Peter's School, York; St. Petersburg, Florida; Sunderland; Tielt†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††; Toa Baja; Trier††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††; Umbria; Worms†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††; York††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††
Patron of:bakers, blacksmiths, boatwrights, bridge builders, butchers, carpenters, clockmakers, fishermen, fishmongers, glass makers, harvesters, locksmiths, masons, net makers, popes, potters, sailors, shipwrights, shoemakers, The Papacy, Universalist Church
Petitioned for: longevity
Invoked against:afflictions associated with the feet, fever, frenzy, wolves
†Ηρώδεια Τετραρχία (Ιδουμαία, Ιουδαία και Σαμάρεια υπό τον Εθνάρχη Ηρώδη Αρχέλαο) / התקופה הרומית (אדום, שומרון ויהודה תחת האתנרך הורדוס ארכלאוס) / Herodian tetrarchia (Idumaea, Judaea & Samaria sub Herode Ethnarch Archelao) [4 BC–6]
††Roma (Imperium Romanum) / Ρώμη (Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία) [27 BC– 476]
†††Balen ning Apalit / Bayan ng Apalit
††††B'Buġa
†††††Breem / Bräm
††††††Lungsod sa Calatrava / Banwa sang Calatrava / Bayan ng Calatrava
†††††††Bayan ng Calauag
††††††††Civitas Carnutum
†††††††††Chimputi
††††††††††Köln / Kölle
†††††††††††Dakbayan sa Dabaw / Dakbanwa sang Davao / Lungsod ng Dabaw
††††††††††††Dunaszerdahely / Niedermarkt
†††††††††††††The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford
††††††††††††††Asinello e San Pietro / San Piero / Šan Pjero / Sanctus Petrus de Nimbis / San Pietro dei Nembi /
†††††††††††††††Copanic / Cöpenick
††††††††††††††††Leyden
†††††††††††††††††Lessen / Lissene / Lissene
††††††††††††††††††Louvain / Löwen
†††††††††††††††††††Munisipalidad sa Loboc / Bayan ng Loboc
††††††††††††††††††††Πατριαρχείο Αντιοχείας / Антиохийский патриархат
†††††††††††††††††††††Posen / פּױזן
††††††††††††††††††††††(Fürst-)Propstei Berchtesgaden Heiliges (Römisches Reich) [1194–1803]
†††††††††††††††††††††††Radasbona / Castra Regina / Ratisbon
††††††††††††††††††††††††Санкт-Петербург / Petrograd / Leningrad / Петрогра́д / Ленингра́д
†††††††††††††††††††††††††Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon / Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon / Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
††††††††††††††††††††††††††Lungsod ng San Pedro
†††††††††††††††††††††††††††Tzu'luma
††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Sjundeå
†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††The Anglican Church of Australia Collegiate School of Saint Peter / Saints
††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Te Kura Teitei o Hāto Petera, Tāmaki Makaurau
†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Thielt
††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Tréier / Trèves / Augusta Treverorum
†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Borbetomagus / Vormatia / ורמייזא
††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Eburākon / Eboracum / Eoforwic / Jórvík / Eabhrac / Eoforwic / Everwic / Évèroui
Saints
This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.
The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.
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Select criteria below and submit the form to see a list of saints that match the criteria:
Sources
Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia