Saint Peter. Line engraving by L. Kilian, 1623, after J.M. Kager.

  • Kager, Johann Matthias, 1575?-1634.
Date:
1623
Reference:
6788i
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Sanctuarium Christianorum, idest imagines Christi et apostolorum, aeri incisae.
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A fisherman on the lake of Genezareth in Galilee, Saint Peter was, with his brother Andrew, the first of the Apostles. His name was Simon; he was renamed Peter (Kephas in Aramaic, Petros in Greek) by Jesus to indicate that he would be the cornerstone (petra) of the Church. Often depicted with one or two keys, representing his role as gatekeeper of heaven. In the Middle Ages he was invoked against fevers, bouts of madness and snake-bite. Because Peter had put to flight the dogs sent against him by Simon the Magus (in the apocryphal Acts of Peter), hot keys called "the key of St. Peter" (clef de Saint Pierre) were applied to dogs and ther owners to protect them from rabies

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1623

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1 print : engraving

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S. Petrus. Credo deum patrem omnipotentem, creatorem coeli et terrae. Anno Christi LXIX, ut fertur, an. Neronis XI Romae crucifixus. Bears number: IV

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Wellcome Collection 6788i

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