The writings recorded a prayer for intercession to “the chief and commander of the heavenly apostles”, which was the term that the Byzantine Church used for Peter.
From the Express
By Antony Ashkenaz
Archaeologists have found evidence that they believe proves that they discovered the birthplace of St Peter, one of the first disciples of Jesus.
While excavating an early church in Israel, researchers found evidence that confirmed their belief that the site was the birthplace of St Peter, the most prominent apostle in Christianity. In the Gospel according to St John, three of the apostles, Simon Peter, his brother St Andrew and a third apostle St Philip were born in a place known as Bethsaida. According to St Luke, it was near this site that Jesus performed the miracle of feeding 5,000 followers.
In modern times, three places have claimed to behold the remnants of ancient Bethsaida.
The researchers from the Kinneret Institute for Galilee Archeology in Israel and Nyack College, New York had been excavating one such site, el-Araj, which lies to the northeast of Galilee.
Here, they believe that have found strong evidence to back their claim, as signs reveal its habitation in the 1st century AD, along with a Byzantine church.
During their study, they found an inscription that showed that the church was dedicated to St Peter.
The writings recorded a prayer for intercession to “the chief and commander of the heavenly apostles”, which was the term that the Byzantine church for him.
The Byzantine period refers to the empire that was established after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, where large swathes of the Middle East were under the rule of Constantinople
St Peter is regarded as the first leader of the Christian faith and was the first Pope, also known as the Bishop of Rome.
According to the accounts of an 8th-century German bishop Willibald, he visited a site known as “the Church of the Apostles” as he travelled from Capernaum.
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