Simon Peter. There was another apostle named Simon, hence the change. Likewise there were two Saints James, so they styled them the Greater and the Lesser. Do not confuse with Simon Magus- Simon the magician or Magic Simon who was also something of an inventor and died testing out what we would now call a Hang Glider! He"s not in The Bible, but alluded to in apocryphal writings of the time. High hopes indeed.
Saint Andrew was the brother of Saint Simon Peter.
Saint Pierre (St. Peter's what?)
Do you mean Saint Peters? if you do then it is in Minnesota not then I do not know!
Because that is where St. Peter the Apostle was martyred.
His first name is Simon, as in Simon Peter. but in the Bible it is Simeon.Roman Catholic AnswerHis name is Simon, Jesus changed his name to Peter which means rock in Greek; in Hebrew that would be Kefa. So his first name was Simon, and Our Blessed Lord changed it to Peter.
The dome of Saint Peter's which is 452 feet at its highest.
Saint Peter's Square is located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.Find out more about St. Peter's Basilica at http://vaticanart.net/st-peters-basilica-architecture
Nobody is buried in the altar at Saint Peter's, however, the altar is built directly over the tomb of St. Peter, the first apostle.
Saint Peters Churchyard was created in 1698.
no he was buried coz there was no such thing as cremated back then No. Cremation is not usually used by Catholics now days, and it DEFINITELY wouldn't have been used then. In fact, Saint Peters remains are kept in the crypt under Saint Peters Basilica in the Vatican.
Peter was a commercial fisherman before becoming an apostle.
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.