Diocese of Rome
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The Diocese of Rome is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church under the direct jurisdiction of the pope, who is Bishop of Rome and hence the supreme pontiff and head of the worldwide Catholic Church.
Diocese of Rome emblem
St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Cathedra, the throne of the Pope in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Petrus Canisius van Lierde
Saint Peter
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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
Diocese of Rome
…of Rome, an ecclesiastical province in the Ecclesiastical Region of Lazio in Italy. According to Catholic tradition, the first bishop of Rome was Saint Peter during the first century. Historically, many Rome-born men – as well as others born elsewhere on the Italian Peninsula – served as bishops of Rome…
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