No, Saint Simon and Saint Peter are two different individuals in Christianity. Saint Peter is also known as Saint Simon Peter, as Peter was his given name and Simon was his original name before he was renamed by Jesus.
No, Simon Peter is a distinct person from Simon. Both were apostles, however.
Yes.
Tradition holds that Saint Peter was crucified under orders from Roman Emperor Nero. Peter did not feel worthy to die in the same manner as Our Lord so requested he be crucified upside down.
The same person he is everywhere else in the Bible: Simon, called Peter, son of John (or possibly Jonah) and brother of Andrew.
Yes, one and the same
Simon Peter and Simon Cephas are the same person. Peter was known by both names - Simon Peter in Greek and Cephas in Aramaic. However, Peter was not from Tarsus; he was originally from Bethsaida and later became a resident of Capernaum.
Yes, same person, different spelling.
John's gospel names Simon Iscariot as Judas' father. (This was not the same Simon who became a disciple of Jesus and was renamed Peter.)
Peter Tchaikovsky received his' education from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Saint Petersburg. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov attended the same school.
No, popes are not related by blood to Saint Peter. They do, however, fill the same position as Peter.
Simon Peter, called at the same time was his brother Andrew.