Short answers, pulled from the story.
Simon bar Yonah was born in Bethsaida, a town on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee around 1 BC. He worked as a fisherman alongside his brother Andrew and the sons of Zebedee before Jesus called him to become a fisher of men.
Traditional accounts state that Peter died by crucifixion under Emperor Nero during the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64. This event took place three months after the disastrous fire that destroyed Rome which Nero wished to blame on Christians.
Tradition holds he was crucified head down because he claimed unworthiness to die in the same manner as his Lord. The Cross of St. Peter inverts the Latin cross based on this refusal and claim of being unworthy.
Jerome stated that Peter was buried at Rome in the Vatican near the triumphal way where he is venerated by the whole world. In the early 4th century Emperor Constantine I decided to honor Peter with a large basilica built over what is said to be the point of burial.
Pope Paul VI announced these remains most likely to be the relics of Apostle Peter in 1968. A forensic examination found them to be a male of about 61 years old from the 1st century.