[Uncle Chip]

Well, Peter was crucified upside down and apparently missing his feet (a likely way of taking him down off the cross),

and you know that how???

How many Jewish (or Christian for that matter) places of burial do you think were lying around (so to speak)?

Quite a few since there had been a significant Jewish presence there ---

Besides, think of the magnificent metaphor. Peter, buried in the midst of the pagans he was sent to convert; St. Peter's, rising over their dead remains.

or the Basilica rising above the corpse of Simon Magus, buried beneath it in the midst of his pagan followers on a hill [Vatican] named for the soothsayers, fortune tellers, seers, and pagan prophets who peddled their wares there. It gives new meaning to a church built upon such a foundation.

[MarkBsnr]

Well, Peter was crucified upside down and apparently missing his feet (a likely way of taking him down off the cross), and you know that how??? How many Jewish (or Christian for that matter) places of burial do you think were lying around (so to speak)? Quite a few since there had been a significant Jewish presence there --- Besides, think of the magnificent metaphor. Peter, buried in the midst of the pagans he was sent to convert; St. Peter's, rising over their dead remains. or the Basilica rising above the corpse of Simon Magus, buried beneath it in the midst of his pagan followers on a hill [Vatican] named for the soothsayers, fortune tellers, seers, and pagan prophets who peddled their wares there. It gives new meaning to a church built upon such a foundation.

1. I know this how? Try Google. There are so many sources available that they may even satisfy you.

2. There weren't quite a few. There were none. If the Jews were chased by force out of Rome and the Christians were illegal, there weren't any, at least operational.

3. Christ sent his disciples (including all Christians) into the world of pagans. By word or deed or posting, we see those who would remain so.

[Salvation]

**Peter was crucified upside down**

Peter requested that he be crucified in this position rather than in the position in which Christ died. Did you google it as Mark suggested?