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

1. 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.