Saint Peter

===Papacy===
{{Main|Primacy of Peter}}
[[File:Peter as Pope.png|thumb|upright=0.81|Saint Peter portrayed as a Pope in the ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]'' ]]
The Catholic Church speaks of the pope, the bishop of Rome, as the successor of Saint Peter. This is often interpreted to imply that Peter was the first Bishop of Rome. However, it is also said that the institution of the papacy is not dependent on the idea that Peter was Bishop of Rome or even on his ever having been in Rome.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.com/tracts/was-peter-in-rome|title=Was Peter in Rome?|date=10 August 2004|publisher=Catholic Answers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207211426/http://www.catholic.com/tracts/was-peter-in-rome|archive-date=7 December 2013|access-date=9 November 2014|quote=If Peter never made it to the capital, he still could have been the first pope, since one of his successors could have been the first holder of that office to settle in Rome. After all, if the papacy exists, it was established by Christ during his lifetime, long before Peter is said to have reached Rome. There must have been a period of some years in which the papacy did not yet have its connection to Rome.}}</ref>

According to book III, chapter 3 of ''[[Against Heresies (Irenaeus)|Against Heresies]]'' (180 AD) by [[Irenaeus|Irenaeus of Lyons]], [[Pope Linus|Linus]] was named as Peter's successor and is recognised by the Catholic church as the second Bishop of Rome (pope), followed by [[Pope Anacletus|Anacletus]], [[Clement of Rome]], [[Pope Evaristus|Evaristus]], [[Pope Alexander I|Alexander]], [[Pope Sixtus I|Sixtus]], [[Pope Telesphorus|Telesphorus]], [[Pope Hyginus|Hyginus]], [[Pope Pius I|Pius]], [[Pope Anicetus|Anicetus]], [[Pope Soter|Soter]] and [[Pope Eleutherius|Eleutherius]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=of Lyons |first=Irenaeus |title=CHURCH FATHERS: Against Heresies, III.3 (St. Irenaeus) |url=https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103303.htm |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=[[New Advent]]}}</ref>

In his book ''[[Church History (Eusebius)|Church History]]'', [[Eusebius]] notes that Linus succeeded Peter as the bishop of the Church in Rome.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Alexander |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nicene_and_Post-Nicene_Fathers:_Series_II/Volume_I/Church_History_of_Eusebius/Book_III/Chapter_4 |title=Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II |last2=Donaldson |first2=James |year=1885 |edition=1st |volume=I |at=Church History of Eusebius, Book III, Chapter IV, 10 |language=En |author-link=Alexander Roberts}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=As to the rest of his followers, Paul testifies that Crescens was sent to Gaul; but Linus, whom he mentions in the Second Epistle to Timothy as his companion at Rome, was Peter's successor in the episcopate of the church there, as has already been shown.|author=Eusebius of Caesarea|title=Church History|source=Book III, Chapter 4}}

According to [[Tertullian]]'s book ''Prescription against Heretics'', it is stated that Clement was ordained by Peter as the bishop of Rome.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tertullian |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ante-Nicene_Fathers/Volume_III/Anti-Marcion/The_Prescription_Against_Heretics/Chapter_XXXII |title=Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. III, Anti-Marcion, The Prescription Against Heretics |volume=III |publication-date=}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=...as also the church of Rome, which makes Clement to have been ordained in like manner by Peter.|author=Tertullian|title=Prescription against Heretics|source=Chapter 32}}

[[Pope Clement I|St. Clement]] of Rome identifies Peter and Paul as the outstanding heroes of the faith.<ref name="ODCC Peter" />
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