St. Peters
noun
a town in E central Missouri.
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St. Peter'snouna basilica in Vatican City: dome designed by Michelangelo.
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A creek in St. Peters, northwest of St. Louis, rose 21.5 feet in seven hours to a record crest amid the torrent.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2022
A county official told News 4, a St. Louis TV station, that emergency dispatchers were overwhelmed with water rescue calls, mostly from the St. Peters and O’Fallon areas.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
St. Peters police said the suspect drove away from the convenience store in a car that was later found near Interstate 70 in nearby O'Fallon, Missouri.
From Fox News ● Dec. 29, 2021
The pope, speaking at his Sunday blessing in St. Peters Square, said he was praying for the families of the victims and urged the perpetrators to “abandon the path of violence”.
From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2021
I have heard the Pope's famous choir at St. Peters, and the great organ at Freibourg, but the music was not so sweet as the hearty plaudits of our brave comrades.
From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Wilson, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas)
Pope Leo extended an olive branch to them last October by celebrating mass in Latin at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Local farmers were involved in the Hedges and Edges project and planting also took place in community spaces such as Kirkby Lonsdale Football Club and St. Peter's Church in Askham.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday amid the Iran war, Pope Leo XIV declared that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
At a peace vigil at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, Leo said that that a “delusion of omnipotence” is fueling the war that has left thousands dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
“We played St. Peter’s and just beat them,” he said.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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