Pope Francis blesses the remains of St Peter during a ceremony of Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King at St Peter's square on November 24, 2013 at the Vatican.
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Pope Francis blesses the remains of St Peter during a ceremony of Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King at St Peter's square on November 24, 2013 at the Vatican.
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Italian archbishop Rino Fisichella holds the ashes of St Peter before a ceremony of Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King at St Peter's square on November 24, 2013 at the Vatican.
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Italian archbishop Rino Fisichella holds the ashes of St Peter before a ceremony of Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King at St Peter's square on November 24, 2013 at the Vatican.
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Picture of the statue of St Peter bottom taken during a ceremony of Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King at St Peter's square on November 24, 2013 at the Vatican
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Picture of the statue of St Peter bottom taken during a ceremony of Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King at St Peter's square on November 24, 2013 at the Vatican
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Bones long believed to be those of St. Peter, one of the earliest and closest disciples of Jesus Christ are to go on display at the Vatican.
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Bones long believed to be those of St. Peter, one of the earliest and closest disciples of Jesus Christ are to go on display at the Vatican.
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Pope Francis is expected to lead a service at St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday marking the end of the "Year of Faith" at which the relics will be shown to those present.
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Pope Francis is expected to lead a service at St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday marking the end of the "Year of Faith" at which the relics will be shown to those present.
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Christians believe that St Peter was a fisherman on the shores of Lake Galilee who became a follower and friend of Jesus.
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Christians believe that St Peter was a fisherman on the shores of Lake Galilee who became a follower and friend of Jesus.
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After Jesus was arrested, Peter denied knowing him three times, as shown in this engraving after an original work by Gustave Dore.
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After Jesus was arrested, Peter denied knowing him three times, as shown in this engraving after an original work by Gustave Dore.
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According to Christian teachings, St. Peter was one of the first people to witness the resurrection of Jesus.
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According to Christian teachings, St. Peter was one of the first people to witness the resurrection of Jesus.
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St. Peter became a leader of the early Christian church, and is believed to have been martyred in about A.D. 64, by being crucified upside down.
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St. Peter became a leader of the early Christian church, and is believed to have been martyred in about A.D. 64, by being crucified upside down.
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