7 moments

1. Birth at Bethsaida

   0001-01-01 BC · Bethsaida, Galilee, Herodian Tetrarchy, Roman Empire

   Peter’s birthplace is given as Bethsaida. The identification of ancient Bethsaida’s precise archaeological location remains disputed; coordinates represent the currently favoured el-Araj area. The source dates his birth c. 1 BC. Ancient Bethsaida has not been conclusively identified; coordinates are a representative point near el-Araj, a leading candidate.

2. Early leadership of the Jerusalem community

   0030-01-01 · Jerusalem, Roman Judaea, Roman Empire

   

   In an Acts-based reconstruction, Peter emerged as a leader of the early Jerusalem community after Jesus’ death. The year indexes a chronology that dates the community’s constitution to about 30–32 CE rather than a precisely dated appearance. The linked Acts-based chronology dates formation of the Jerusalem church to about 30–32 CE; the evidence does not establish a precise year or site within Jerusalem.

3. Meeting Paul in Jerusalem

   0035-01-01 · Jerusalem, Roman Judaea, Roman Empire

   

   Paul’s letter reports a fifteen-day visit with Cephas in Jerusalem. An Acts-based chronology places Paul’s first Jerusalem visit in 35 CE. The year follows the Acts/Galatians chronology in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Church_of_Jerusalem#Chronology; Galatians itself supplies no absolute year.

4. Traditional arrival in Rome

   0042-01-01 · Rome, Italia, Roman Empire

   

   Jerome’s late-antique chronology places Peter’s arrival at Rome in Claudius’s second regnal year. This tradition conflicts with Acts-based reconstructions that still place Peter in Jerusalem in 43–44 CE. Second year of Claudius corresponds to 42 CE. This is a late traditional account, not a securely established itinerary date.

5. Imprisonment under Herod Agrippa I

   0044-01-01 · Jerusalem, Roman Judaea, Roman Empire

   

   Acts places Peter in Jerusalem when Herod Agrippa I imprisoned him. Modern chronologies variously place the episode in 43 or 44 CE; 44 is used because it is the year of Agrippa’s death in one cited reconstruction. Acts does not state an absolute year. Scholarly proposals cited by the source range from near 43 CE to 44 CE.

6. Incident at Antioch

   0048-01-01 · Antioch, Syria, Roman Empire

   

   Paul reports confronting Cephas at Antioch over table fellowship with Gentile believers. An Acts/Galatians chronology places the Antiochian incident in 48 CE, after the apostolic convention. The physical presence is explicit in Galatians. The year follows the chronology at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Church_of_Jerusalem#Chronology; the epistle itself gives no absolute year.

7. Traditional crucifixion on Vatican Hill

   0064-01-01 · Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire

   

   Early Christian tradition places Peter’s execution during Nero’s persecution after the Great Fire of Rome, conventionally in 64 CE, at Vatican Hill. Other ancient chronologies instead place his death in 67–68 CE. This card records an early Christian tradition. The overall death date remains disputed, with traditions and modern proposals ranging from 64 to 68 CE.