peter the apostle

[golfbandit]

was peter crucified to death upside down?

[makemesmile]

I think he was, yes, that's why his cross is upside down

[makemesmile]

Peter the apostle is Saint Peter, right? If so, then he requested that he be crucified upside down as he felt that he wasn't worthy to die the same way as Jesus http://www.seiyaku.com/customs/crosses/peter.h tml

[johnlambert]

St Andrew was also crucified upside down

[morbidstorm]

i was taught that the Romans crucified him upside down on purpose in a bad way, to humiliate him.

[andy-hughes]

It's interesting that Peter thought himself unworthy to die as Christ did - even though crucifiction was a common criminal's death in Roman times, so hundreds of thousands of petty criminals met their death in this terrible way. It was not a unique death for Christ - part of the whole of point of him living and dying as a man.