All 10 Uses of
Saint Peter
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- But this was not so easy a matter, for the streets were thronged with people, and Rome was already a prey to that low and feverish murmur which precedes all great events; and at Rome there are four great events in every year,—the Carnival, Holy Week, Corpus Christi, and the Feast of St. Peter.†
Chpt 31-32
- "To Saint Peter's first, and then to the Colosseum," returned Albert.†
Chpt 33-34
- But Albert did not know that it takes a day to see Saint Peter's, and a month to study it.†
Chpt 33-34
- The day was passed at Saint Peter's alone.†
Chpt 33-34 *
- He wished to show Albert the Colosseum by moonlight, as he had shown him Saint Peter's by daylight.†
Chpt 33-34
- At each previous visit he had made to Rome, he had solicited and obtained the same favor; and incited as much by a religious feeling as by gratitude, he was unwilling to quit the capital of the Christian world without laying his respectful homage at the feet of one of St. Peter's successors who has set the rare example of all the virtues.†
Chpt 35-36
- Come, shall we take our luncheon, and then pay a last visit to St. Peter's?"†
Chpt 37-38
- On reaching La Storta, the point from whence Rome is first visible, the traveller evinced none of the enthusiastic curiosity which usually leads strangers to stand up and endeavor to catch sight of the dome of St. Peter's, which may be seen long before any other object is distinguishable.†
Chpt 113-114
- It was situated in the Via dei Banchi, near St. Peter's.†
Chpt 113-114
- "Will your excellency visit St. Peter's?" asked the cicerone.†
Chpt 113-114
Definition:
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(Saint Peter) most prominent of the disciples of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the first Pope; crucified (?-c. ad 64)