No, Simon Peter is a distinct person from Simon. Both were apostles, however.
Yes. He is also known as St Peter.
No, Saint Simon and Saint Peter are two different individuals in Christianity. Saint Peter is also known as Saint Simon Peter, as Peter was his given name and Simon was his original name before he was renamed by Jesus.
No, Simon Peter is a distinct person from Simon. Both were apostles, however.
Yes.
Tradition holds that Saint Peter was crucified under orders from Roman Emperor Nero. Peter did not feel worthy to die in the same manner as Our Lord so requested he be crucified upside down.
The same person he is everywhere else in the Bible: Simon, called Peter, son of John (or possibly Jonah) and brother of Andrew.
Yes, one and the same
Yes, same person, different spelling.
John's gospel names Simon Iscariot as Judas' father. (This was not the same Simon who became a disciple of Jesus and was renamed Peter.)
Peter Tchaikovsky received his' education from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Saint Petersburg. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov attended the same school.
No, popes are not related by blood to Saint Peter. They do, however, fill the same position as Peter.
Yes, in Christian tradition, Saint John the Apostle and Saint John the Evangelist are believed to be the same person. He is one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and is also credited with writing the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation.
Simon Peter, called at the same time was his brother Andrew.