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Petrus (given name)

Petrus is the Latin form of the Greek name Πέτρος (pétros) 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. In the Netherlands, Belgium and South Africa it remained a very common given name, though in daily life, many use less formal forms like Peter, Pierre, Piet and Pieter.

People with the name

Latinized medieval and Renaissance name

  • Petrus Abailardus, Latin name for Peter Abelard (1079–1142)
  • Petrus de Abano (Pietro d'Abano; 1257–1315), Italian philosopher and doctor
  • Petrus Alphonsi (fl. 1106–1110), Spanish Jewish writer
  • Petrus Augustus (545–602), Byzantine curopalates
  • Petrus Aureolus (1280–1322), French theologian
  • Petrus Baldus de Ubaldis (1327–1400), Italian jurist
  • Petrus Bernardinus (1475–1502), Florentine sectarian
  • Petrus Bertius (Pieter de Bert; 1565–1629), Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer
  • Petrus Bonus (Pietro Boni; fl. 1330s), Italian alchemist
  • Petrus Canisius (Pieter Kanis; 1521–1597), Dutch Jesuit Catholic theologian
  • Petrus Capuanus (fl. 1197–1214), Italian scholastic
  • Petrus Christus (ca. 1410/1420 – ca. 1475/76), Dutch painter
  • Petrus Comestor (Pierre le Mangeur; died c.1178), French theological writer and university administrator
  • Petrus de Cruce (fl. 1290–1302), Italian cleric, composer, and author
  • Petrus Cunaeus (Peter van der Kun; 1586–1638), Dutch philosopher
  • Petrus de Dacia (1230s–1289), Swedish monk, first author in Sweden
  • Petrus Dasypodius (Peter Hasenfratz, ca. 1495–1559), Swiss humanist
  • Petrus Dathenus (Pieter Datheen; c.1531–1588), Dutch Calvinist theologian
  • Petrus Diaconus (Pietro Diacono; c.1110–c.1159), Italian librarian of Montecassino
  • Petrus Divaeus (Pieter van Dieven;1535–1581), Flemish historian
  • Petrus Dorlandus (Peter van Diest; 1451–1507), Flemish writer of the play Elckerlijc (translated into Everyman)
  • Petrus Forestus (Pieter van Foreest; 1521–1597), Dutch physician
  • Petrus de Natalibus (fl. 1400), Venetian hagiographer
  • Petrus Peregrinus or Peter de Maricourt (fl. 1269), French writer on magnetism and astrolabes
  • Petrus Plancius (Pieter Platevoet; 1552–1622), Netherlandish astronomer, cartographer and clergyman
  • Petrus Ramus (1515–1572), French humanist, logician, and educational reformer

Modern given name

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