Middle East
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Northern District

St. Peter’s house

St. Peter's Church, also called the Pilgrimage Church of St. Peter in Capernaum, is a modern Catholic pilgrimage church found in the archaeological site of , northern .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church
  • Also known as: “Saint Peter Church, Capernaum” and “St. Peter’s Church, Capernaum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Synagogue of Capernaum and Church of the Beatitudes.

Synagogue
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.

Church
Photo: Bantosh, Public domain.
The is a Roman Catholic church located on the by the near and in . is situated 2 km west of St. Peter’s house.

Protected area
Photo: Ricardo Tulio Gandelman, CC BY 2.0.
is a protected area, which is situated 1½ km west of St. Peter’s house.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capernahum and Mount of Beatitudes.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Capernaum was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the . It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD.

Locality
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a hill in northern , in the Korazim Plateau. It is the traditional site of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.

Village
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an area situated on the north-western shore of the in and a depopulated Palestinian village. It is traditionally accepted as the place of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes and the third resurrection appearance of Jesus after his Crucifixion. is situated 2½ km west of St. Peter’s house.

St. Peter’s house

Latitude
32.8805° or 32° 52′ 50″ north
Longitude
35.57538° or 35° 34′ 31″ east
Inception
2010
Open location code
8G4QVHJG+65
Open­Street­Map ID
way 366377655
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q654866
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“St. Peter’s house” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت القديس بطرس”
  • Chinese: “聖伯多祿教堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه بيت القديس بطرس”
  • French: “basilique Saint-Pierre de Capharnaüm”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Pierre de Capharnaüm”
  • French: “La maison de Saint Pierre”
  • German: “Das Haus von St. Peter”
  • German: “Petruskirche”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית בית פטרוס”
  • Hebrew: “פטרוס הקדוש”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Péter háza”
  • Italian: “Casa di San Pietro”
  • Italian: “Memoriale di San Pietro”
  • Japanese: “聖ペテロの家”
  • Polish: “Dom Świętego Piotra”
  • Polish: “Kościół pielgrzymkowy św. Piotra w Kafarnaum”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Piotra w Kafarnaum”
  • Polish: “Kościół-memoriał św. Piotra Apostoła”
  • Portuguese: “A casa de são pedro”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Петра”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “La casa de San Pedro”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква святого Петра у Капернаумі”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Петра у Капернаумі”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Petrustsjerke (Kapernaüm)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Petrustsjerke”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St. Peter’s house”. Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.