Crucifixion
Inflicting death by nailing or tying a victim to a wooden cross
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| 2025 | A scholarly paper suggested that Peter's death may have been due to intra-community violence, offering a new perspective on the circumstances of his martyrdom. |
| 2022 | The Peruvian Ministry of Culture officially declared the traditional use of San Pedro cactus in northern Peru as cultural heritage, recognizing its significance in Andean traditional medicine and cultural practices. |
| July 2 2019 | Pope Francis transferred nine bone fragments of Saint Peter within a bronze reliquary to Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, as a gesture of ecumenical unity. |
| November 24 2013 | Pope Francis publicly presented part of Saint Peter's relics, consisting of bone fragments, during a Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Square. |
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