St. Peters

Rome's grand cathedral

St.

Peters is a city in St.

Charles County, Missouri, a suburb of St.

Louis.

The name honors Saint Peter, though the spelling without an apostrophe distinguishes it from the possessive form.

We moved to St. Peters for the schools.

Related

dome · Michelangelo · cathedral · pope · apostle · keys · holy · holy water · pilgrimage · marble · colonnade · Bernini · altar · bronze doors · relics · high altar · square · piazza

Opposites
religious architectural scale/prominence

St. Petersparish church

Local community worship building

village church · wayside shrine · storefront church · house church · meeting house

religious authority center

St. PetersMecca

Islam's most sacred city

Kaaba · Western Wall · Temple Mount · Canterbury Cathedral · Golden Temple

sacred vs. secular monumental architecture

St. PetersKremlin

Moscow's fortified government seat

Empire State Building · Colosseum · Eiffel Tower · World Trade Center · Forbidden City

Family

Peter, Peters, peter, petered, petering, petroleum, petrify, petrified, petrification

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