Was Peter the apostle killed by Romans?

Interestingly, the Bible says nothing about Peter ever traveling to Rome. When the gospels end, Peter is in Jerusalem. It's the same in the Book of Acts. The apostle Paul, in his letters, also talks about meeting Peter in the eastern Mediterranean. read more

According to Roman Catholic tradition Peter went to Rome and was martyred there. However, tradition is not the same as evidence, and the evidence is that Peter never went to Rome. By the second century, each of the major Christian centres had claimed one of the apostles as its own, saying that this apostle went to the city or region to preach and was martyred there. read more

Answer: The Bible doesn’t tell us how the apostle Peter died. The most commonly accepted church tradition is that Peter was crucified upside-down in Rome. Tradition says that, when Peter was put to death, he requested to be crucified on an inverted cross. read more