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:
Other:
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
meaning "rock
Rock (geology)
In geology, rock or stone is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock. In general rocks are of three types, namely, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic...
", and is the common English prefix "petro-" used to describe rock-based substances, like petros-oleum
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
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 PeterSaint PeterSaint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
, the first pope - Priest PetrusPriest PetrusPriest Petrus was of Illyrian origins and lived in the 5th century. He is most famous for building the church of Santa Sabina all'Aventino in the center of the Dominican order with its location in Rome....
, 5th century Illyrian priest - Petrus Abailardus, Latin name for Peter AbelardPeter AbelardPeter Abelard was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician. The story of his affair with and love for Héloïse has become legendary...
- Petrus Alfonsus, Spanish Jewish writer
- Petrus Augustus, curopalates
- Petrus AureolusPetrus AureolusPetrus Aureolus was a scholastic philosopher and theologian. We know little of his life before 1312. After this time, he taught at the Franciscan convent in Bologna, then at the convent in Toulouse, around 1314. He went to Paris in 1316 in order to qualify for his doctorate, where he read the...
- Petrus Baldus de Ubaldis
- Petrus Bernardinus, Florentine sectarian
- Petrus CanisiusPetrus CanisiusSaint Petrus Canisius was an important Jesuit who fought against the spread of Protestantism in Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, , and Switzerland...
, 16th century German Catholic theologian and polemicist - Petrus Capuanus or Peter of CapuaPeter of CapuaPeter of Capua was an Italian theologian and scholastic philosopher, and a Cardinal and papal legate.Peter was a member of an Amalfitan family. After a being a teacher at the University of Paris, he was employed by Pope Innocent III as legate. He made trips to Poland and Bohemia in 1197,...
, an Italian scholastic - Petrus ChristusPetrus ChristusPetrus Christus was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444.-Life:Christus was born in Baarle, near Antwerp and Breda. Long considered a student of and successor to Jan van Eyck, his paintings have sometimes been confused with those of Van Eyck. At the death of Van Eyck in 1441,...
, (ca. 1410/1420 - ca. 1475/76), Dutch painter - Petrus de Abano or Pietro d'AbanoPietro d'AbanoPietro d'Abano also known as Petrus De Apono or Aponensis was an Italian philosopher, astrologer and professor of medicine in Padua. He was born in the Italian town from which he takes his name, now Abano Terme. He gained fame by writing Conciliator Differentiarum, quæ inter Philosophos et Medicos...
(1257 – 1315) Italian philosopher and doctor - Petrus de Amalfia, 14th century Italian music theorist
- Petrus de CrucePetrus de CrucePetrus de Cruce was active as a cleric, composer and theorist in the late part of the 13th century. His main contribution was to the notational system.-Life:...
, late 13th century composer and author, one of the most significant and influential composers of the late ars antiqua - Petrus de NatalibusPetrus de NatalibusPetrus de Natalibus was an Italian bishop, and author of a collection of lives of the saints.No details of the early life of this hagiographer have been handed down to us. A Venetian, he consecrated himself to the ecclesiastical state, becoming a canon in Equilio . On 5 July 1370, he was elevated...
, Venetian hagiographer - Petrus de Picardia, 13th century French music theorist
- Petrus de Sancto Dionysio, 14th century French music theorist
- Petrus DiaconusPeter the Deacon (disambiguation)Peter the Deacon was the librarian of the abbey of Montecassino and continuator of the Chronicon Monasterii Casinensis.Peter the Deacon or Petrus Diaconus may also refer to:...
, several people - Petrus frater dictus Palma ociosa, 14th century French music theorist, one of the first to illustrate current musical innovations
- Petrus Jacobus JoubertPetrus Jacobus JoubertPetrus Jacobus Joubert , better known as Piet Joubert was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900.-Early life:...
- 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 DameNotre Dame schoolThe group of composers working at or near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris from about 1160 to 1250, along with the music they produced, is referred to as the Notre Dame school, or the Notre Dame School of Polyphony....
polyphony - Petrus Peregrinus = Peter de Maricourt, 13th century French writer on magnetism and astrolabes
- Petrus RamusPetrus RamusPetrus Ramus was an influential French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A Protestant convert, he was killed during the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.-Early life:...
- Petrus Trothun Aurelianis, 13th century singer of the Notre Dame SchoolNotre Dame schoolThe group of composers working at or near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris from about 1160 to 1250, along with the music they produced, is referred to as the Notre Dame school, or the Notre Dame School of Polyphony....
Other:
- Petrus (genus), a genus of ray-finned fish
- Lars PetrusLars PetrusLars Petrus made his name as an internationally accomplished speedcuber in 1982 when he became the national champion of Sweden, and went on to finish fourth overall at the first official Rubik's Cube World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He later published his unique method, known as the...
, speedcuber and inventor of the Petrus method - Château PétrusChâteau PétrusPétrus is a Bordeaux wine estate located in the Pomerol appellation near its eastern border to Saint-Émilion. An estate of limited size, it produces a limited production red wine almost entirely from Merlot grapes, on occasion with small amounts of Cabernet Franc, and produces no second wine...
, a Pomerol Bordeaux wine producer - Ubi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia is a popular Roman Catholic mottoMottoA motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
. - Tu es Petrus is a music piece of Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
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