Feast
Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle
- Feast day
- February 22
- Origin
- Palestinian
Life
This ancient feast, kept in Rome since at least the fourth century, celebrates the authority and teaching office entrusted to Saint Peter by Christ, symbolized by the chair, or cathedra, from which a bishop teaches. It affirms the unity of the Church founded on Peter and his successors; Bernini's bronze monument enclosing the venerated chair stands in Saint Peter's Basilica.
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