Saint Peter

==Feast days==
{{main|Feast of Saints Peter and Paul}}
{{see also|St Peter's Eve}}
[[File:Peter the Apostle. Detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale. Ravena, Italy.jpg|thumb|Peter the Apostle, detail of the mosaic in the [[Basilica of San Vitale]], [[Ravenna]], 6th century]]
The [[Roman Martyrology]] assigns 29 June as the [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] of both Peter and [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]], without thereby declaring that to be the day of their deaths. [[Augustine of Hippo]] says in his Sermon 295: "One day is assigned for the celebration of the martyrdom of the two apostles. But those two were one. Although their martyrdom occurred on different days, they were one."

This is also the feast of both [[Apostles in the New Testament|Apostles]] in the calendar of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]].

In the [[Roman Rite]], the feast of the [[Chair of Saint Peter]] is celebrated on 22 February, and the anniversary of the dedication of the two [[Papal Basilica]]s of [[St. Peter's Basilica|Saint Peter's]] and [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls|Saint Paul outside the Walls]] is held on 18 November.

Before [[Pope John XXIII]]'s revision in 1960, the Roman Calendar also included on 18 January another feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (denominated the Chair of Saint Peter in Rome, while the February feast was then called that of the Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch), and on 1 August the feast of [[Liberation of Saint Peter|Saint Peter in Chains]].

In the Orthodox [[Daily Office]] every Thursday throughout the year is dedicated to the Holy Apostles, including St. Peter. There are also three [[feast day]]s in the year which are dedicated to him:

* 16 January, [[Liberation of Saint Peter|Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy and All-Glorious Apostle Peter]] — commemorating both the chains which Acts 12:1–11 says miraculously fell from him, and the chains in which he was held before his [[martyr]]dom by [[Nero]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy and All-Glorious Apostle Peter |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/01/16/100202-veneration-of-the-precious-chains-of-the-holy-and-all-glorious-a |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116125206/https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/01/16/100202-veneration-of-the-precious-chains-of-the-holy-and-all-glorious-a |archive-date=16 January 2023 |access-date=29 April 2023 |website=www.oca.org }}</ref>
*29 June, [[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul]] — This is a major feast day and is preceded by a period of Lenten fasting known as the [[Apostles' Fast]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/06/29/101840-the-holy-glorious-and-all-praised-leaders-of-the-apostles-peter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429182314/https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/06/29/101840-the-holy-glorious-and-all-praised-leaders-of-the-apostles-peter |archive-date=29 April 2023 |access-date=29 April 2023 |website=www.oca.org }}</ref>
* 30 June, Synaxis of the Holy, Glorious and All-Praised Twelve Apostles — commemorating of [[Apostles in the New Testament|Twelve Apostles]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Synaxis of the Holy, Glorious and All-Praised Twelve Apostles |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/06/30/101711-synaxis-of-the-holy-glorious-and-all-praised-twelve-apostles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406005122/https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/06/30/101711-synaxis-of-the-holy-glorious-and-all-praised-twelve-apostles |archive-date=6 April 2023 |access-date=7 September 2021 |website=www.oca.org }}</ref>
Peter is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] (with [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]]) in the [[Church of England]] with a [[Festival (Anglicanism)|Festival]] on 29 June, Peter the Apostle may be celebrated alone, without Paul, on 29 June.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=3 April 2021|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref>