Petrus

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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, and may refer to one of the following:

As a name:

  • Petrus, Saint Peter, the first pope
  • Priest Petrus, 5th century Illyrian priest
  • Petrus Abailardus, Latin name for Peter Abelard
  • Petrus Alfonsus, Spanish Jewish writer
  • Petrus Augustus, curopalates
  • Petrus Aureolus
  • Petrus Baldus de Ubaldis
  • Petrus Bernardinus, Florentine sectarian
  • Petrus Canisius, 16th-century German Catholic theologian and polemicist
  • Petrus Capuanus or Peter of Capua, an 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 Amalfia, 14th-century Italian music theorist
  • Petrus de Cruce, late 13th-century composer and author, one of the most significant and influential composers of the late ars antiqua
  • Petrus de Natalibus, Venetian hagiographer
  • Petrus de Picardia, 13th-century French music theorist
  • Petrus de Sancto Dionysio, 14th-century French music theorist
  • Petrus Diaconus, several people
  • Petrus frater dictus Palma ociosa, 14th-century French music theorist, one of the first to illustrate current musical innovations
  • Petrus Jacobus Joubert
  • Petrus Le Viser, late 13th-century musician, important in the history of tempo and rhythm
  • Petrus optimus notator, 13th-century musical scribe in Paris, important for notating Notre Dame polyphony
  • Petrus Peregrinus = Peter de Maricourt, 13th-century French writer on magnetism and astrolabes
  • Petrus Ramus
  • Petrus Trothun Aurelianis, 13th-century singer of the Notre Dame School

Other:

  • Petrus (genus), a genus of ray-finned fish
  • Lars Petrus, speedcuber and inventor of the Petrus method
  • Château Pétrus, a Pomerol Bordeaux wine producer
  • Ubi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia is a popular Roman Catholic motto.
  • Tu es Petrus is a music piece of Franz Liszt.
  • PETRUS, a short film by Andy Berlin.
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