However, Peter didn't want to die precisely like Jesus because he didn't believe he was worthy of comparison to God. Christians believe he made a dying request to be crucified upside-down.

In today's Gospel reading, Jesus speaks prophetically to Peter, indicating that his life will take a very different course ...

5. Peter wasn’t crucified upside down because he was humble. If there’s one martyrdom story every Christian knows it is that the Apostle Peter asked to be crucified upside down because he was ...

This is Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s depiction of the crucifixion of Saint Peter, who insisted on being crucified upside down he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as ...

A different tradition records that Peter was killed by crucifixion, placed upside down by his own choice, as a symbol that he had not been worthy to die the same way as the Lord. Whatever the ...

Saint Peter is said to have asked to be crucified upside down because he felt he wasn't worthy of dying in the same way as Jesus - he would also have lost consciousness sooner in this position "In ...