Petrus (given name)

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Petrus is a Latin name derived from the Greek meaning "rock", and is the common English prefix "petro-" used to describe rock-based substances, like petros-oleum or "rock oil." As the source of Peter, it is a common name for people from antiquity through the medieval era.

People with the name

Petrus, Saint Peter, a Christian apostle and a founder of the Church

Priest Petrus, 5th century Illyrian priest

Petrus Abailardus, Latin name for Peter Abelard (1079–1142)

Petrus Alphonsi (fl. 1106–1110), Spanish Jewish writer

Petrus Augustus (545–602), curopalates

Petrus Aureolus (1280–1322), French theologian

Petrus Baldus de Ubaldis (1327–1400), Italian jurist

Petrus Bernardinus (1475–1502), Florentine sectarian

Petrus Canisius (1521–1597), German Catholic theologian and polemicist

Petrus Capuanus or Peter of Capua (fl. 1197–1214), Italian scholastic

Petrus Christus, (ca. 1410/1420 – ca. 1475/76), Dutch painter

Petrus de Abano or Pietro d'Abano (1257–1315) Italian philosopher and doctor

Petrus de Cruce (fl. 1290–1302), Italian cleric, composer, and author

Petrus de Natalibus (fl. 1400), Venetian hagiographer

Petrus de Picardia, 13th-century French music theorist

Peter the Deacon (disambiguation) or Petrus Diaconus, several people

Petrus Jacobus Joubert (1834–1900), Commandant-General of the South African Republic

Petrus Peregrinus or Peter de Maricourt (fl. 1269), French writer on magnetism and astrolabes

Petrus Ramus (1515–1572), French humanist, logician, and educational reformer

References

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