Petrus

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Petrus is the Latin form of the name Peter, historically used in religious and classical contexts and serving as the root for various European given names.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Petrus canonical 10
Petre 1
Petăr 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin masculine given name
given name
theophoric name
associatedWith Saint Peter the Apostle
linked to: Apostle Peter
canFunctionAs first name
middle name
religious name
commonlyUsedIn Afrikaans-speaking regions
Dutch-speaking regions
Roman Catholic clergy naming traditions
historical German-speaking regions
historical Scandinavian contexts
etymologicallyDerivedFrom Greek name Petros
gender masculine
hasCulturalAssociation Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
hasDiminutiveOrShortForm Piet
Pietje
Pietro (short: Piero)
linked to: Pietro
hasLanguageOfOrigin Latin
hasMeaning rock
stone
hasNameDayAssociatedWith Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
hasScript Latin alphabet
hasVariantForm Pedro
Petar
Peter
Pierre
Pieter
Pietro
Piotr
Péter
historicallyPopularIn Middle Ages
Renaissance period
isLatinFormOf Peter
nameElementOf compound Latin names
relatedName Petra
Petri
linked to: Pertteli

Pietrus
usedAs baptismal name
clerical name
monastic name
usedInContext Christian religious texts
Roman Catholic tradition
classical Latin literature
medieval Latin documents

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pedro derivedFrom Petrus
Pieter hasVariant Petrus
Château Lafleur near Pétrus
linked to: Petrus
Piet Joubert givenName Petrus
Pim Fortuyn givenName Petrus
Piet hasShortFormOf Petrus
Piet etymologicalOrigin Petrus
Piet derivedFromName Petrus
Peter Debye givenName Petrus
Petar hasVariant Petăr
linked to: Petrus
Petre Dumitrescu givenName Petre
linked to: Petrus