Petrus (given name)
Petrus is a Latin name derived from the Greek meaning "rock",[1] 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
See also
- Henricus Petrus (1508–1579), Swiss printer
- Petri (given name)
- Petrus (disambiguation)
- Petrus (surname)
References
- ↑ Humez, Alexander; Humez, Nicholas D. (1987). A B C Et Cetera: The Life & Times of the Roman Alphabet. David R. Godine, Publisher. p. 169. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
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