![The Cathedra Petri (Chair of St Peter) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St Peter's Basilica, Rome - Walks in Rome (Est. 2001) The Cathedra Petri (Chair of St Peter) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St Peter's Basilica, Rome - Walks in Rome (Est. 2001)](http://www.walksinrome.com/uploads/2/5/1/0/25107996/published/cathedra-petri.jpg?1660914509)
The Cathedra Petri (Chair of St Peter) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St Peter's Basilica, Rome - Walks in Rome (Est. 2001)
EWTN - The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter celebrates the papacy and St. Peter as the first bishop of Rome. St. Peter's original name was Simon, but Jesus changed it
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