Saint Peter is from Israel.
Galilee . al-Jalīl ) is a region in northern Israel . Western Galilee ( גליל מערבי Galil Ma'aravi ) is a common term referring to the western part of the Upper Galilee and its shore , and usually also the northwestern part of the Lower Galilee , mostly overlapping with Acre sub district . Saint Peter ( Syriac/Aramaic : ܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ ܟܹ݁ܐܦ݂ܵܐ , Shemayon Keppa , שמעון בר יונה , Πέτρος , according to the New Testament , was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ , leaders of the early Christian Great Church . The New Testament indicates that Peter was the son of John ( or Jonah or Jona ) and was from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee or Gaulanitis .