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St Peter, portrait by Rembrandt (1632) The New Testament presents Peter's original name as Simon (/ ˈ s aɪ m ə n / ⓘ; Σίμων, Simōn in Greek). In only two passages, [17] his name is instead spelled "Simeon" (Συμεών in Greek).
Rhoda (whose name means "rose" [1]) was a girl (Biblical Greek: παιδίσκη) living in the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark. Many biblical translations state that she was a 'maid' or 'servant girl'. After Peter was miraculously released from prison, he went to the house and knocked on the door.
Sister Marie of St Peter with the Golden Arrow. The three rings symbolize the Holy Trinity. Marie was born Perrine Éluère on 4 October 1816 in Rennes, region of Brittany, to Peter and Frances Portier Éluère, and baptized in the Church of St. Germain. Her mother died when she was twelve and she was sent to learn dressmaking with two of her ...
Jesus goes to Peter's house, where he sees the mother of Peter's wife lying in bed with a high fever. Jesus touches her hand and the fever leaves her, and she gets up and begins to wait on him. In Matthew's gospel the event is the third in a series of healings recorded in chapter 8 which take place following Jesus's Sermon on the Mount.
Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage has had a lengthy career — and an equally long and successful marriage to wife Erica Schmidt. The twosome met nearly two decades ago at a mutual friend’s ...
In any case, Tsar Peter I credited Catherine and proceeded to marry her again, this time officially, at Saint Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg on 9 February 1712. She was the second wife of Tsar Peter I; he had previously married and divorced Eudoxia Lopukhina, who had borne him the Tsarevich (heir apparent), Alexis Petrovich. Upon their ...
She was a mistress of Emperor Peter III of Russia (reigned February to July 1762). During their affair, rumors suggested that Peter had intentions of divorcing his wife Catherine (the future empress) in order to marry Vorontsova. [3]
The Tosaphist Rabbeinu Tam wrote that Peter was "a devout and learned Jew who dedicated his life to guiding gentiles along the proper path". [citation needed] Rabbeinu Tam also taught that Peter was the author of the Shabbat and feast-day [4] prayer Nishmat, and this was a popularly held belief through the Middle Ages.