Saint Peter

====Church Fathers====
The writings of the 1st century Church Father [[Ignatius of Antioch]] (c. 35 – c. 107), whose authenticity is disputed,<ref>{{cite web|author=  Jonathon Lookadoo|title=The Date and Authenticity of the Ignatian Letters: An Outline of Recent Discussions|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1476993X20914798 |website=|access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> refer to Peter and Paul giving admonitions to the Romans, indicating Peter's presence in Rome.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ignatius of Antioch|title=The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0107.htm|website=newadvent.org|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref>

[[Irenaeus|Irenaeus of Lyons]] (c. 130 – c. 202) wrote in the [[Christianity in the 2nd century|2nd century]] that Peter and Paul had been the founders of the Church in Rome and had appointed [[Pope Linus|Linus]] as succeeding bishop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.ix.iv.iv.html|title=Philip Schaff: ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus - Christian Classics Ethereal Library|website=www.ccel.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Saint Irenaeus |first=of Lyon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXO1wgEACAAJ&q=against+heresies+book+3 |title=The Third Book of St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Against Heresies |date=13 November 2018 |publisher=Creative Media Partners, LLC |isbn=978-0-353-54233-4 |language=en |chapter=3.2}}</ref>

[[Clement of Alexandria]] (c. 150 – c. 215) states that "Peter had preached the Word publicly at Rome ''(A.D. 190).''"<ref name="CL">{{cite web|author=Eusebius of Caesarea|title=Church History Book VI, Chapter 14:6|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250106.htm|access-date=1 June 2015}}</ref>

According to [[Origen]] (184–253)<ref name="ReferenceC"/> and [[Eusebius]],<ref name="Eusebius"/> Peter "after having first founded the church at Antioch, went away to Rome preaching the Gospel, and he also, after [presiding over] the church in Antioch, presided over that of Rome until his death".<ref>Eusebius, in his Chronicle (A.D. 303) ''[Chronicle, 44 A.D. [[Patrologia Graeca]] 19:539]''.</ref> After presiding over the church in Antioch for a while, Peter would have been succeeded by [[Evodius]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Eusebius|title=Church History Book III Chapter 36:2|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250103.htm|publisher=newadvent.org|access-date=5 June 2015}}</ref> and thereafter by [[Ignatius of Antioch|Ignatius]], who was a disciple of [[John the Apostle]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Eusebius|title=Church History Book III Chapter 22|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250103.htm|publisher=newadvent.org|access-date=5 June 2015}}</ref>

[[Lactantius]], in his book called ''Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died'', written around 318, noted that "and while Nero reigned, the Apostle Peter came to Rome, and, through the power of God committed unto him, wrought certain miracles, and, by turning many to the true religion, built up a faithful and stedfast temple unto the Lord."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lucius Caecilius Firmianus|first1=Lactantius|title=Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died Chapter 2|url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf07.iii.v.ii.html|publisher=ccel.org|access-date=1 June 2015}}</ref>