Saint Peter
- Memorial
- 2 June
- Profile
- Exorcist in Rome.
Noted for his piety.
Martyred with Saint Marcellinus in the persecutions of Diocletian.
His name is mentioned in the first Eucharistic prayer.
- Born
- Roman citizen
- Died
- martyred in 304 in the Silva Nigra just outside Rome, Italy;
buried in the Saint Peter and Peter cemetery on the Lavican Road by Lucilla and Firmina;
Constantine built a basilica over their tomb;
relics later taken to Selgenstadt abbey by Einhard, Charlemagne's secretary
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Print References
- The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
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