petrus

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    the third archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, between 1187 and 1197.

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    the Latin form of the Greek name ฮ ฮญฯ„ฯฮฟฯ‚ (pรฉtros) meaning "rock", and is the common English prefix "petro-" used to describe rock-based substances, like petros-oleum or "rock oil."

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    Flavius Petrus was a Roman politician during the reign of Theodoric the Great.