Quite certain, well that's what the New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967) says in its article on Peter "the apostle". You know, the Peter who weakly denied Christ 3 times to a woman. But then it was reported he saw something about a week later (and this gave him unusual boldness). Apparently, that newfound boldness ended up getting him martyred in Rome. I guess it could be argued, though, that Peter and the Christians got the last laugh on the Romans because St Peter's Basilica (one of the largest if not the largest religious structure in the world) and St. Peter's Square are still going strong and the Roman Empire is on the ash heap of history.
The New Catholic Encyclopedia says in an excerpt about Peter:
"It is quite certain that Peter spent his last years in Rome. The first of the two epistles ascribed to him was written from "Babylon," a code name for Rome... St. Clement of Rome wrote, about ad 95 in his "Epistle to the Corinthians" (6-6): "To these men [Peter and Paul], whose lives were holy, there is joined a great multitude of elect ones who, in the midst of numerous tortures inflicted for their zeal, gave amongst us a magnificent example." St. Ignatius of Antioch, in his "Epistle to the Romans" a few years later says that it is not for him to give them orders as Peter and Paul did. In the first half of the 2nd century Papias wrote that Mark's Gospel was a record of Peter's Roman preaching (Eusebius, Hist. Eccl 3.39.15). From the second half of this century comes the testimony of Irenaeus, a man well acquainted with the universal Church of his day; he is quite explicit on the activity of Peter in Rome (Adversus haereses 3.3.3) By the late 2d and early 3d centuries, the tradition of Peter's Roman sojourn and martyrdom is solidly established. His martyrdom is usually dated 64 or 65 during the Neronian persecution. The tradition that he was crucified goes back to Tertullian (De praescriptione 36; Scorpiacus 15).
The earliest testimony to Peter's burial on the Vatican Hill comes from the Roman priest Caius during the reign of Pope Zephryinus(199-217). The tradition has been constant since then, and recent acrcheological discoveries have confirmed it. For details see the article on the "Vatican". "
The New Catholic Encyclopedia says in an excerpt about Peter:
"It is quite certain that Peter spent his last years in Rome. The first of the two epistles ascribed to him was written from "Babylon," a code name for Rome... St. Clement of Rome wrote, about ad 95 in his "Epistle to the Corinthians" (6-6): "To these men [Peter and Paul], whose lives were holy, there is joined a great multitude of elect ones who, in the midst of numerous tortures inflicted for their zeal, gave amongst us a magnificent example." St. Ignatius of Antioch, in his "Epistle to the Romans" a few years later says that it is not for him to give them orders as Peter and Paul did. In the first half of the 2nd century Papias wrote that Mark's Gospel was a record of Peter's Roman preaching (Eusebius, Hist. Eccl 3.39.15). From the second half of this century comes the testimony of Irenaeus, a man well acquainted with the universal Church of his day; he is quite explicit on the activity of Peter in Rome (Adversus haereses 3.3.3) By the late 2d and early 3d centuries, the tradition of Peter's Roman sojourn and martyrdom is solidly established. His martyrdom is usually dated 64 or 65 during the Neronian persecution. The tradition that he was crucified goes back to Tertullian (De praescriptione 36; Scorpiacus 15).
The earliest testimony to Peter's burial on the Vatican Hill comes from the Roman priest Caius during the reign of Pope Zephryinus(199-217). The tradition has been constant since then, and recent acrcheological discoveries have confirmed it. For details see the article on the "Vatican". "
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