Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment and torture in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam, or stake, and usually left to hang until eventual death, which could t
Depiction of Jesus Christ's crucifixion alongside the penitent thief and the impenitent thief. (Christian art, 15th-century Strasbourg)
Gabriel von Max's 1866 painting Martyress depicts a crucified young woman and a young man laying flowers at her feet
1st century calcaneum (heel bone) with a nail
A 19th century depiction of the crucifixion of Spendius and other rebel leaders by the Carthaginians after the Battle of the Saw in 238 BCE
Saint Peter, also known as Peter the Apostle and Simon Peter, or Cephas was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and pr
Crucifixion
…the Christian cross and the crucifix. Other Christian figures are traditionally believed to have been subject to variations of the method, including Saint Peter, who is said to have been crucified upside-down; and Saint Andrew, who is said to have been crucified on an X-shaped cross. Today, Christians in some…
Saint Peter, an early 6th-century Byzantine icon in Saint Catherine's Monastery, depicting Peter holding the Keys of Heaven and a martyr's cross
The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew, 1603–1606, Caravaggio
St. Peter's Church, Capernaum on the north side of the Sea of Galilee. A Franciscan church is built upon the traditional site of Apostle Peter's house.
The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew (from the Maestà), by Duccio, c. 1308 – c. 1311