PiTeR as the hat worn on the head of the PaTeR noster, 'father' in the church.
PeTeR as the 'Rock of the Church'
Related words through PTR.
And so the father of the country would sit on a rock as foundation in analogy.
Your assumption it served as sacrificial altar in the past is sound.
A prehistoric stone was found buried in a cavern altar, with the inscription PTR on it. From it, arose the claim that PeTeR was buried there, upside down, and became a/the vatican cathedral built over an earlier sacrificial altar...........a common historic technique of replacement.
The four griffin/gargoyles are the guardians of the four Cardinal Points.
Stone/Throne
PTR as stone/rock/foundation/father/etc
PeTRa - as Rock
PiTeR as the hat worn on the head of the PaTeR noster, 'father' in the church.
PeTeR as the 'Rock of the Church'
Related words through PTR.
And so the father of the country would sit on a rock as foundation in analogy.
Your assumption it served as sacrificial altar in the past is sound.
A prehistoric stone was found buried in a cavern altar, with the inscription PTR on it. From it, arose the claim that PeTeR was buried there, upside down, and became a/the vatican cathedral built over an earlier sacrificial altar...........a common historic technique of replacement.
The four griffin/gargoyles are the guardians of the four Cardinal Points.
Analogies and Codes