Saints+Essay+RGJ

The saint I chose was one of the twelve apostles Saint Peter. I chose Saint Peter because he is the patron saint of fishing. Fishing is my favorite thing to do other than baseball. I also chose him because I know he was a great leader and follower of the almighty Jesus Christ. Another reason why I chose him was because I knew I would enjoy doing research on him after we talked about him in a couple religion classes.

Saint Peter was known by many others as Simon Peter. He was born 1 b.c. in Bethsaida, Syria. Peter lived and was a native of Bethsaida near Lake Tiberias. HIs spouse was known as Febronia. Peter was chosen by Jesus to be one of his apostles. He was also chosen to be the head leader of the apostles. Later on he was chosen to be the first pope of Rome. Although Peter was not canonized he was proclaimed a saint by early christians because of his martyrdom. Peter died 67 a.d. in Rome, Italy.

Peter demonstrated a holy life. He was holy because he was one of Jesus' apostles and traveled almost everywhere with Jesus. He was also one of the first leaders of the church. A role that he had that really showed he was holy was him being the first Pope or Rome. An obvious reason why he is holy is because he is a saint of the catholic church.

From Saint Peter we can learn how to live a holy life. We can also learn how to be a better christian. We can learn to be more like him by maybe being different and doing whats right because not everyone was with Jesus alot of people were against him. We can also learn from him to not let anyone or anything stop us from believing in our faith.