| EPISTLE | In the New Testament, any of the apostolic letters of Saints Peter, Paul, John, Jude or James (7) |
| BEATITUDE | In the New Testament, any of eight distinctive sayings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (9) |
| LIGURE | In the Old Testament, any of the 12 precious stones used in the breastplates of high priests |
| SAINT | Jude or James |
| STS | Paul, John, and George (abbr.) |
| SISTINE | The _ Chapel, chapel in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, tamed for its painted ceiling (7) |
| SCEPTRE | Saint Peter prepared to carry the top of Christ's ceremonial staff (7) |
| TABATHA | Biblical woman raised from the dead by Saint Peter (7) |
| TABITHA | Biblical woman raised from the dead by Saint Peter (7) |
| APOSTLE | A European impressed Saint Peter for one (7) |
| BALDACCHINO | Large structure designed by Gian Lorenzo Bemini above the tomb of Saint Peter in St Peter's in Rome (11) |
| MATTHEW | Dull hack? No, an apostolic writer! (7) |
| EPISTLES | Any of various New Testament books which were originally apostolic letters (8) |
| SIMON | Original name of Saint Peter in the New Testament (5) |
| APSE | Locale of the Chair of Saint Peter in Saint Peter's Basilica |
| CHAPEL | see 8ac, Room in the Apostolic Palace whose ceiling was painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512 (7,6) |
| CREDO | The Apostolic or Nicene Creed |
| RENI | "Crucifixion of Saint Peter" painter Guido |
| ACTS | Word for "things done, deeds", from Christmas carol performances, Nativity pageant segments, pantomime parts and Shakespearean episodes to the apostolic narratives a good Christian perhaps reads (4) |
| QUOVADIS | What Saint Peter asked the risen Christ on the road outside Rome (3,5) |
