The Saints are dear brothers who have struggled like us and have departed to Paradise. They are not dead, but are sleeping, as our Lord said (Jn 11:11) and as St. Paul called them.
Our early fathers spoke clearly and in detail about our relationship with Saints. The Saints in Paradise are the triumphant members of the same one church in which we are militant members. We, the triumphant and militants, are members of the Church, which is the one Body of our Lord Jesus Christ. The triumphant become invisible members because of the death of their bodies, and then militants are the visible ones. This is man’s point of view, but in God’s sight, we are all a visible holy family.
St-Peter was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, and the first leader of the early Church. Peter was crucified in Rome under Emperor Nero. He is traditionally counted as the first Bishop of Rome. The ancient Christian churches all venerate Peter as a major saint and as the founder of the Church of Antioch and the Roman Church. Two general epistles in the New Testament are ascribed to Peter.
Saint Paul was an apostle who taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world. Paul is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age and from the mid-30s to the mid-50s AD he founded several Christian communities in Asia Minor and Europe. He took advantage of his status as both a Jew and a Roman citizen to minister to both Jewish and Roman audiences. Thirteen books in the New Testament have been attributed to Paul.