Learn about saint peter, the first pope, his role as one of jesus’ apostles, his martyrdom, and his lasting legacy in christianity.Explore his feast day, prayer, and history.In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.Saint peter[note 1] (born shimon bar yonah;1 bc †ad 64/68), [1] also known as peter the apostle, simon peter, simeon, simon, or cephas, was one of the twelve apostles of jesus and one of the …