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Saint Peter
Petrus la Πέτρος grc ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ arc
Apostle of Jesus Christ
- Child of Jonas
- Married to Perpetua
- Dated 1 BCE – c. 65 CE
- Recognised as Canonized saint
Overview
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Belonged to
Offices held 3
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Dates unrecorded apostle
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 5
Kinship in an account 1
Family 4
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Studied under 2
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Saint Peter apostle of Jesus Christ 
What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
- Named as founder
Christianity
Abrahamic monotheistic religion - Named as founder
Syriac Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox church - Named as founder
Assyrian Church of the East
ancient Christian religious branch originated in Assyria - Named as founder
Church of the East
traditional church of Mesopotamia and India
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
Connections
Affiliation 1
Identification 1
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