Location:Probably Vaucelles - Date:Shortly before 1250 (incorporated in the first 'Passionaire français' I,2) ( BHL 6655) (Perrot, 1992: 20, 180-189) - Commission: /

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Life of the apostle St. Peter (64 +). He became one of Jesus’s disciples and later, the first pope. Like Paul, he suffered from the persecutions of Emperor Nero and eventually died a martyr’s death.

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PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992) 294-298 (fragment)

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 6655
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PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992)
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