Petrus (given name)

• 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 ==Modern given name==

• Petrus van der Aa (1530–1594), Brabantian jurist • Petrus Beukers (1899–1981), Dutch Olympic sailor • Petrus Johannes Blok (1855–1929), Dutch historian • Petrus Bosman (1928–2008), South African ballet dancer, teacher, and choreographer • Petrus Boumal (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer • Petrus Breitenbach (born 1987), South African lawn bowler • Petrus Camper (1722–1789), Dutch polymath • Petrus Codde (1648–1710), Dutch Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht • Pierre Cuypers (1827–1921), Dutch architect • Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije (1884–1966), Dutch-American physicist, Nobel laureate in Chemistry • Petrus Augustus de Génestet (1829–1861), Dutch poet and theologian • Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes van Hooijdonk (born 1969), Dutch footballer • Petrus de Jong (1915–2016), Dutch Prime Minister • Petrus Jacobus Joubert (1834–1900), Commandant-General of the South African Republic • Piet Keizer (1943–2017), Dutch footballer • Petrus Adrianus Kerstens (1896–1958), Dutch minister of Economic Affairs • Petrus Canisius van Lierde (1907–1995), Dutch/Belgian Vicar General for the Vatican City State • Petrus Andreas van Meeuwen (1772–1848), Dutch politician and lawyer • Petrus Palmu (born 1997), Finnish ice hockey player • Petrus Albertus van der Parra (1714–1775), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies • Petrus Johannes Schotel (1808–1865), Dutch marine painter • Petrus Joseph Triest (1760–1836), Flemish Catholic priest, founder of the Sisters and Brothers of Charity • Petrus Antonius Verheyen (1931–2021), Dutch economist • Petrus Vuyst (1691–1732), Governor of Dutch Bengal and Dutch Ceylon • Petrus Johannes Waardenburg (1886–1979), Dutch ophthalmologist and geneticist • Petrus Cornelis Constant Wiegman (1885–1963), Dutch artist • Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder (1906–1995), Dutch expert in the Old Javanese language ==See also==