biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (d.c.60)
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| biography:
| One of the 12 apostles, the brother of Simon Peter. A fisherman, he was converted by John the Baptist. Tradition says he preached the Gospel in Asia Minor and Scythia, and was crucified in Achaia (Greece) by order of the Roman governor. He is the patron saint of Scotland and of Russia. Feast day 30 November. |
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