![]() ![]() ![]() The church ruins fit the account of Saint Willibald (pictured), a native of England and the Bavarian bishop of Eichstaett, who visited the area around 725 A.D. He reported: 'And thence they went to Bethsaida, the residence of Peter and Andrew, where there is now a church on the site of their house.' The ruins of the church also fit the account of Saint Willibald, a native of England and the Bavarian bishop of Eichstaett, who visited the area around 725 AD during a pilgrimage and said that a church at Bethsaida had been built on the site of Peter and Andrew's home. ‘Since Byzantine Christian tradition routinely identified Peter's home in Bethsaida, and not in Capernaum as is often thought today, it seems likely that the basilica commemorates his house.’ Steven Notley, an archaeologists with Nyack College in New York, said in a statement: ‘This discovery is our strongest indicator that Peter had a special association with the basilica, and it was likely dedicated to him. However, then the holy book states Jesus first met Peter and Andrew in Capernaum (shown in Matthew 4:13) and this suggests that is where the brothers may have lived. He was born Simon Peter and grew up to be a fisherman until he met Jesus, who he abandoned his home to follow Christians recognize Saint Peter, originally a fisherman, as one of the first followers of Jesus and the leader of the early Church following the ascension. ![]()
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