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 Apostle Peter
surface form: Saint Peter the Apostle
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 Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
hasDiminutiveOrShortForm Piet
Pietje
Pietro
surface form: Pietro (short: Piero)
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
Pertteli
surface form: Petri

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 Petrus
this entity surface form: Pétrus
Piet Joubert givenName Petrus
Pim Fortuyn givenName Petrus
Piet hasShortFormOf Petrus
Piet etymologicalOrigin Petrus
Piet derivedFromName Petrus
Peter Debye givenName Petrus
Petar hasVariant Petrus
this entity surface form: Petăr
Petre Dumitrescu givenName Petrus
this entity surface form: Petre