Was born at Bethsaida, in Galilee. He was by occupation a fisherman.

Christ gave him a name which in Syriac implies a rock. Peter is supposed

to have suffered martyrdom at Rome, during the reign of the emperor

Nero, being crucified with his head downward, at his own request.

[It is, however, very uncertain, whether Peter ever visited Rome at all.

The evidence rather favouring the supposition that he ended his days in

some other country.--Ed.]