![]() What more can be said about Blessed John than to you I have hath said? Apparently, a lot. ![]() (Source: The Golden Legend, a medieval hagiography) Paul was also martyred that day, and later the disciple Dionysius saw the two great apostles holding hands and re-entering the city gate, “dressed in shining garments, crowned with light and glory.” Surely it was the holy city they entered, the new Jerusalem, where Christ would wipe every tear from Peter’s eyes, where there is no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away and Christ has made all things new. “Lord, I have desired to follow Thee, but I did not wish to be crucified upright. Famously, Peter asked to be crucified upside down. As they fled the city, Jesus appeared to them and said, “I go to Rome, to be crucified anew!” So they followed him back to Rome. In prison, they converted their guards, who then set them free. For the loss of his magician, Nero arrested Peter and Paul. Simon summoned snarling dogs to attack Peter, and Peter fed them the bread he’d secreted from Nero, thus demonstrating he’d known Simon’s plan all along.įinally, angels of Satan held the sorcerer aloft, and Peter commanded them in the name of Jesus to drop the evil man. The sorcerer demanded Peter show he could read his mind, and Peter said he would do so by thwarting Simon’s schemes. Simon ordered his angels to attack Peter, and Peter replied, “I fear not thine angels, rather do they fear me.” Nero was shocked that Peter did not fear the sorcerer and agreed to provide him with a loaf of bread in secret. Paul, Peter found Simon in Nero’s court and exposed his sorcery as diabolical. They first battled wits in Jerusalem, then Peter followed Simon, who ran off to Rome and befriended the nefarious Nero. Peter’s staff was laid on his corpse after forty days dead, George came back to life.Īs a powerful witness for the Gospel, Peter found himself with an archnemesis, the sorcerer Simon, who aspired to be worshipped as a god through his feats of witchcraft. One day, his disciple George died while on a preaching mission. Many miracles were attributed to the penitent Peter. He was prone to cry when he remembered the voice of Jesus, and he always prayed whenever he heard a cock crow - a reminder of how he denied knowing Jesus - and wept some more. Peter, but have you heard he was a renowned weeper? Tradition tells us he always wore a towel at his chest to wipe the tears from his face. You may know the biblical accounts of St. Today we kick things off with a battle between two Biblical heavyweights, Peter and John the Evangelist. She'll go on to face Eglantyne Jebb in the Saintly Sixteen.īut that's all in the past. ![]() In yesterday's Battle of the Bands, Catherine Winkworth made Isaac Watts sing the blues 56% to 44%. This is yet another free courtesy extended to you, the Lent Madness Global Public. ![]() Our Celebrity Bloggers will provide unusual information or legends surrounding their saints along with quotes either by or about their saints.ĭon’t forget, you can always go to the Bracket Tab to easily find previous battles if you need to refresh your basic knowledge on these saints. For this round, rather than the basic biographical information we enter the realm of Quirks and Quotes. Welcome to the Saintly Sixteen! From 32 saints we have narrowed the field to 16.
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