Feast Day Of Saints Peter And Paul, Apostles - 29 June

Quoted from Catholic Culture [1]:

Veneration of the two great Apostles, Peter and Paul, has its roots in the very foundations of the Church. They are the solid rock on which the Church is built. They are at the origin of her faith and will forever remain her protectors and her guides. To them Rome owes her true greatness, for it was under God's providential guidance that they were led to make the capital of the Empire, sanctified by their martyrdom, the center of the Christian world whence should radiate the preaching of the Gospel.

St. Peter suffered martyrdom under Nero, in A.D. 66 or 67. He was buried on the hill of the Vatican where recent excavations have revealed his tomb on the very site of the Basilica of St. Peter's. St. Paul was beheaded in the Via Ostia on the spot where now stands the basilica bearing his name.  [Erected during the fourth century AD, the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls (Basilica di San Paolo Fuori le Mura) is one of the four major basilicas of Rome, and the second largest after St. Peter's Basilica. It was founded on the burial ground of St. Paul. [2]]

 

For those interested in a documentary on Saint Peter, there are two episodes on YouTube -- David Suchet In the Footsteps of St Paul (should be St. Peter):

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ2ud6YUWg, episode 1

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUulCSJH6ww, episode 2

There is also a movie on Saint Paul on YouTube -- Paul The Apostle (Saint Paul) | Full Movie | Johannes Brandrup | Thomas Lockyer | Barbora Bobulova  is one of the uploads:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlb8AXfNRHU.

[1] https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2021-06-29

[2] https://www.rome.net/basilica-st-paul-outside-walls#:~:text=Paul%20Outside%20the%20Walls.%20Erected%20during%20the%20fourth,founded%20on%20the%20burial%20ground%20of%20St.%20Paul., quoted without hyperlink.