Saint Peter Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Peter's wife=== Synoptic Gospels mention that Peter had a mother-in-law at the time he joined Jesus, and this mother-in-law was healed by Him.<ref>Luke 4:38-40</ref> However, the Gospels give no information about his wife. [[Clement of Alexandria]] claimed his wife was executed for her faith by the Roman authorities but does not specify any date or location.<ref>Stromata, book 7, ch. 11. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (eds.), ''Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to AD 325'', vol. 12, p. 451</ref> Another opinion states that Peter's wife was no longer alive at the time he met Jesus, so he was a widower.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholic.com/qa/what-was-up-with-st-peters-wife|title=What Was Up with St. Peter's Wife?|website=Catholic Answers}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page