Petrus (given name)
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Petrus is the Latin form of the Greek name Πέτρος (pétros) 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. 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.
- Petrus, Saint Peter, a Christian apostle and a founder of the Church
- Petrus (archbishop of Uppsala), third archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, between 1187–1197
- Justinian I, whose given name was Petrus Sabbatius
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
