2006-10-16 08:07:26 · 5 answers · asked by prodigy 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
It doesn't say it in the bible--it's a legend, and assumed by many Christians to be true.
2006-10-16 08:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by Amy G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter was crucified upside according to Roman and Christian history. By the Emperor Nero. It is a proven fact, it goes beyound legend. Jesus hinted to Peter of the type of death he would die in John 21:18,19. Hope that helps.
2006-10-16 08:20:16 · answer #2 · answered by Onjel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wish I had the answer, and I put this on my watch list to see if someone can come up with it.
I just wanted to say how I find it entertaining (for lack of a better word) that so many people think that St. Peter's Cross is demonic. (Yes, it's upside down, but it's not an inverted crucifix.)
2006-10-16 08:17:33 · answer #3 · answered by desiderio 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Catholic Dictionary (link below) states..."Concerning the manner of Peter's death, we possess a tradition--attested to by Tertullian at the end of the second century (see above) and by Origen (in Eusebius, "Hist. Eccl.", II, i)--that he suffered crucifixion. Origen says: "Peter was crucified at Rome with his head downwards, as he himself had desired to suffer". As the place of execution may be accepted with great probability the Neronian Gardens on the Vatican, since there, according to Tacitus, were enacted in general the gruesome scenes of the Neronian persecution; and in this district, in the vicinity of the Via Cornelia and at the foot of the Vatican Hills, the Prince of the Apostles found his burial place. Concerning the manner of Peter's death, we possess a tradition--attested to by Tertullian at the end of the second century (see above) and by Origen (in Eusebius, "Hist. Eccl.", II, i)--that he suffered crucifixion. Origen says: "Peter was crucified at Rome with his head downwards, as he himself had desired to suffer". As the place of execution may be accepted with great probability the Neronian Gardens on the Vatican, since there, according to Tacitus, were enacted in general the gruesome scenes of the Neronian persecution; and in this district, in the vicinity of the Via Cornelia and at the foot of the Vatican Hills, the Prince of the Apostles found his burial place."
The source of the account of the death of St. Peter is not in the New Testament, but you can find the accounts of Tertullian and Origen among the Roman history books in any good library.
2006-10-16 08:23:05 · answer #4 · answered by Suzianne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nowhere, who told you this?? Peter was not upside down.
2006-10-16 08:15:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋