Also restored is the Chair of St. Peter, an important symbol of Papal authority. Father Fortunato said that this chair has witnessed many papacies, dating back to 875 AD. For those who cannot ...

Peter was declared a martyr and beatified in 1889. Pope Pius XII canonized him in 1954. Within a few years of Saint Peter Chanel’s death, most of the island of Futuna had converted to Catholicism.