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SYMEON PETER<br />
came even unto death <strong>Peter</strong>, through unjust envy, endured not one or<br />
two but many labours, and at last, having delivered his testimony,<br />
departed unto the place of glory due to him."<br />
The manner of death of <strong>Peter</strong> is again based on tradition and held<br />
firmly by the Roman Catholics.<br />
(Alternate explanation is found in XI where it is shown that <strong>Peter</strong> died in<br />
Jerusalem most probably. If that is true, the question is who is this Simon<br />
who was martyred in Rome?)<br />
The historian Eusebius, a contemporary of Constantine, wrote that<br />
St. <strong>Peter</strong> "came to Rome, and was crucified with his head<br />
downwards," though he attributes this information to the much earlier<br />
theologian Origen, who died c. 254. Eusebius state that <strong>Peter</strong>’s was<br />
stretched out by his hands, he was dressed in prison garb, he was taken<br />
where no one wanted to go (a crucifixion), and was crucified. He was said<br />
to be crucified upside down because he felt unworthy to be crucified in the<br />
way that the Lord Jesus Christ had been.<br />
The Crucifixion of Saint <strong>Peter</strong> (Italian: Crocifissione di san Pietro; 1600) is<br />
a work by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, painted for the Cerasi<br />
Chapel of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome.<br />
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