# St. Peter ad Vincula

Saint Peter ad Vincula (Saint Peter in Chains) alludes to the Bible story of the Liberation of Saint Peter, when the Apostle Peter, imprisoned by King Herod Agrippa, was rescued by an angel. Frequently seen translations are:
* English – St Peter in Chains
* Filipino – San Pedro sa Tanikalà, San Pedro sa Kadena
* French – Saint Pierre aux Liens, Saint Pierre ès Liens
* Italian – San Pietro in Vincoli, San Pietro in Vinculis
* Latin – Sanctus Petrus ad Vincula (gen. Sancti Petri ad Vincula)
* Latvian – Svētā Pētera ķēdēs
* German – St Petri Ketten, St Peter in Ketten, St Petrus in Ketten, Petri Kettenfeier (feast)
* Dutch – Sint Petrus' Banden, St Pieter in de Banden, Sint-Pietersbanden[kerk]
* Polish – Święty Piotr w Okowach
* Slovak – Svätý Peter v Okovách
* Spanish – San Pedro Encadenado
* Swedish – Petri fäng
It may refer to:

## Festivals and relics

* Liturgical feast of the Liberation of Saint Peter celebrated on 1 August in:
** the pre-1962 General Calendar of the Roman Rite and listed in:
*** Tridentine calendar
*** General Roman Calendar as in 1954
*** General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII.
** as a major double feast day by some traditionalist Catholics
** a third class feast by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP)
* Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy and All-Glorious Apostle Peter on January 16 in the Orthodox Church.
* Relics of the Chains of St. Peter

## Church buildings
### Belgium

* St. Peter in Chains Church (Beringen)
* Sint-Pieters-Bandenkerk [nl], Bertem
* Sint-Pietersbandenkerk [nl], Dudzele, Bruges
* Sint-Pietersbandenkerk [nl], Halen
* Sint-Pietersbandenkerk [nl], Lommel
* Church Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, a protected heritage site in Ellezelles
* Sint-Pietersbandenkerk [nl], Oostkamp
* Sint-Pietersbandenkerk [nl], Geraardsbergen

### Canada

* Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, an historic place in Gloucester County, New Brunswick
* Cathedral of Saint Peter-in-Chains, Peterborough, Ontario

### Croatia

* St Peter, Uble, Island of Lastovo

### Czech Republic

* Kostel svatého Petra v okovech, Kostelní Hlavno, Prague-East District
* Kostel svatého Petra v okovech [cs], Krahulov, Třebíč District
* Saint Peter ad Vincula Church, Velenka, Nymburk District

### Germany

* St. Petrus in Ketten (Astheim) [de], Trebur, Hesse
* St. Petrus in Ketten (Bliesmengen-Bolchen) [de], Saarland
* Kirche St. Peter in Ketten, Boppard, Rhineland-Palatinate
* St. Petrus in Ketten (Burkardroth) [de], Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia
* St. Petrus in Ketten (Brebersdorf) [de], Wasserlosen, Bavaria
* St. Petrus zu den Ketten [de], Lower Saxony
* St.-Petrus-Kirche (Gesmold) [de], Lower Saxony
* St. Petrus in Ketten (Haslach) [de], Biberach, Upper Swabia
* St. Petrus in Ketten (Hilbringen) [de], Saarland
* St. Peter in Ketten, Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate
* St. Petrus in Ketten (Reinholterode) [de], Eichsfeld, Thuringia
* St. Petrus Kirche, Rust, Baden-Württemberg

### France

* Saint-Pierre es Liens, Alaigne, Aude, Occitanie
* Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Alata, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
* Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Allemans, Dordogne
* Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Ambly-Fleury, Ardennes, Grand Est
* Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Annot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
* Parish church of Saint-Victor and Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Antignac, Cantal
* Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Antisanti, Haute-Corse
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Argançon, Aube
* Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Arrelles, Aube, Grand Est
* Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Arzano, Finistère, Brittany
* Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Aurignac, Haute-Garonne
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Avon-la-Pèze, Aube
* Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Balaives-et-Butz, Ardennes, Grand Est
* Saint Pierre-es-Liens, Balot, Côte-d'Or
* Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Bassignac-le-Haut, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
* Église de Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Bessan, Hérault
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Blérancourt, Aisne
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Boigny-sur-Bionne, Loiret
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Bourdeilles, Dordogne
* Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Bulle, Gruyère
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Chantérac, Dordogne
* Église St-Pierre-aux-Liens (Chapelle des Carmes-Déchaux), Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne
* Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens altar, Brasparts Parish close, Châteaulin, Brittany
* Church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Chédigny, Indre-et-Loire
* Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Cohennoz, Savoie
* Église St-Pierre-ès-Liens, Colonzelle, Drôme
* Église St-Pierre-aux-Liens, Curbigny, Saône-et-Loire
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Cussac, Haute-Vienne
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-liens, Dampierre-en-Bresse, Saône-et-Loire
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-liens, La Douze, Dordogne
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Aubie-et-Espessas, Gironde
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, L'Escarène, Alpes-Maritimes
* Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Étais-la-Sauvin, Yonne
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Eyvirat, Dordogne
* Church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Fervaches, Manches
* Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Garat, Charente
* Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, La Giettaz, Savoie
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Dercie, Le Gua, Charente-Maritime
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Jumeauville, Île-de-France
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Les Riceys, Aube
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Médis, Charente-Maritime
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Ménestérol, Montpon-Ménestérol, Dordogne
* Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Mérifons, Hérault
* Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Molliens-Dreuil, Somme, Hauts-de-France
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Lien, Mondonville, Haute-Garonne
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Moyemont, Voges
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Négrondes, Dordogne
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, (replaced by Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac), Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac, Dordogne
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Noailhac, Limousin
* Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Orgerus, Yvelines
* Church of Saint Pierre-ès-Liens of Doumillac, Pujols, Lot-et-Garonne
* Church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Rampoux, Lot
* Église Saint-Pierre-aux-liens, Ruoms, Ardéche
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-liens, Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac, Dordogne
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Saint-Pierre-de-Côle, Dordogne
* Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens Church, Sorigny, Indre-et-Loire
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Thaims, Charente-Maritime
* Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, Vieux-Mareuil, Dordogne

### Italy

* Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, the origin of the dedication
* San Pietro in Vincoli, Bienno, Val Camonica, Lombardy (deconsecrated)
* San Pietro in Vinculis, Castellino del Biferno, Molise
* San Pietro in Vincoli, Ittiri, province of Sassari
* San Pietro in Vincoli, Lanzo Torinese Turin, Piedmont
* San Pietro in Vincoli, Madignano, Lombardy
* San Pietro in Vincoli, Moncalvo, Asti, Piedmont
* San Pietro in Vinculis, Naples
* San Pietro in Vinculis (Pisa)
* San Pietro in Vincoli, Salerno
* San Pietro in Vincoli, Spinone al Lago, Bergamo
* San Pietro in Vincoli, Tavernette, Cumiana, Piedmont

### Netherlands

* Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk [nl], Bergeijk
* Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk [nl], Diemen
* Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk [nl], Gilze
* Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk [nl], Hilvarenbeek
* Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk [nl], Heer, Maastricht
* Sint Petrus Banden [nl], Heesch
* Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk [nl], Leende
* Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk [nl], Macharen
* Sint Petrus Banden [nl], Oirschot
* Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk [nl], Oisterwijk
* Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk [nl], Son
* Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk [nl], Venray

### Poland

* Parafia św. Piotra w Okowach w Białej k. Wieluńia [pl]
* Parafia św. Piotra w Okowach w Chobienicach [pl]
* Parafia św. Piotra w Okowach w Pietrzwałdzie [pl]
* Parafia Świętego Marcina i Świętego Piotra w Okowach w Konarzewie [pl]

### Spain

* San Pedro ad Víncula, Alfoz de Lloredo, Cantabria
* San Pedro ad Víncula, Escañuela, Jaén
* Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Madrid, Vallecas, Madrid

### Switzerland

* Eglise Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, a cultural property of regional significance in Geneva, Switzerland

### United Kingdom
#### England

* St Peter ad Vincula, Bottesford, Lincolnshire
* Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Broad Hinton, Wiltshire
* St Peter ad Vincula, Coggeshall, Essex
* Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Colemore, Hampshire
* Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Combe Martin, Combe Martin, Devon
* Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Ashwater, Devon
* St Peter ad Vincula, Coveney, Cambridgeshire
* Church of St Nicholas and St Peter ad Vincula, Curdworth, Warwickshire
* St Peter ad Vincula, Ditton, Kent
* Our Lady of Doncaster or St Peter-in-Chains, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
* Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Folkington, East Sussex
* St Peter ad Vincula Church, Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire
* St Peter in Chains Roman Catholic Church, Stroud Green, London
* Church of St Peter ad Vincula, the Chapel Royal in the Tower of London
* St Peter ad Vincula, South Newington, Oxfordshire
* St Peter ad Vincula, Ratley, Warwickshire
* St Peter ad Vincula, Royden, Essex
* Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
* St Peter ad Vincula, Stoke Minster
* Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire
* St Peter's Church, Threekingham, Lincolnshire; dedicated to St Peter ad Vincula
* St Peter ad Vincula, Tibberton, Worcestershire
* St Peter ad Vincula, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire
* St Peter ad Vincula, Wisborough Green, West Sussex

#### Ireland

* St. Peter in Chains, Ballymacoda, County Cork

#### Scotland

* St Peter ad Vincula, Ardrossan, North Ayrshire

#### Wales

* St Peter ad Vincula, Pennal, the chapel of Owain Glyndŵr

### United States

* Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains (Cincinnati), Ohio
* St. Peter in Chains, Hamilton, Ohio

## Other uses

* Deusdedit of San Pietro in Vincoli (died 1097–1100), cardinal-priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
* St. Peter In Chains School, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
* Ville Saint-Pierre, a neighborhood of Montreal, Canada, that was originally named Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens
* Cimitero di San Pietro in Vincoli, a cemetery in Turin, Italy