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'''[[Peter (first name)|Peter]]''' is a male given name. |
'''[[Peter (first name)|Peter]]''' is a male given name. |
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'''Peter''' may also refer to: |
'''Peter''' or '''Petering''' may also refer to: the picking of ones nose. |
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==People== |
==People== |
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Revision as of 02:07, 19 September 2010
Peter is a male given name.
Peter or Petering may also refer to: the picking of ones nose.
People
The following people are known primarily by the name Peter:
In religion:
- Saint Peter (died 68), Jesus' disciple
- Petrus Diaconus (Peter the Deacon) (died 605), a confidant of Pope Gregory I and rector of Sicily
- Peter (Bishop of Pavia) (died 735), saint and Bishop of Pavia
- Peter of Anagni (died 1105), saint and Bishop Of Anagni
- Peter, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1112
- Peter the Deacon (chronicler) (died c.1140), "the Librarian" (Bibliothecarius)
- Peter of Tarentaise (1102–1174), Archbishop of Tarentaise and saint
- Peter Pareuzi (died 1199), Papal legate, martyr and saint
- Peter, a companion in martyrdom of Berard of Carbio (died 1220)
- Saint Peter of Verona (1206–1252), also known as Peter Martyr
- Peter of Auvergne (died after 1310), scholastic philosopher
- Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1326)
- Peter of Aquila (died 1361), Italian Franciscan theologian and bishop
- Peter of Bergamo (died 1482), Dominican theologian
- Saint Peter the Aleut (died 1815?), Eastern Orthodox Christian martyr in California
- Pope Peter II, one of several 20th century antipopes
Other persons:
- Peter (usurper) (6th century), Roman general
- Peter the Patrician, Byzantine minister and diplomat
- Peter (curopalates) (died 602), Byzantine general and brother of Emperor Maurice
- Peter (floruit 926), Roman consul
- Peter Phokas, Byzantine eunuch general
- Peter I of Bulgaria (died 970), emperor of Bulgaria
- Peter, Duke of the Romans (11th century), Roman consul
- Peter of Maricourt, or Peter Peregrinus (13th century), writer on magnetism and astrolabes
- Peter I of Russia, or Peter the Great (1672–1725), the first Russian emperor
- Peter (actor) (born 1952), the stage name of Shinnosuke Ikehata, a Japanese dancer and actor who appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Ran
- Peter Phokas, Byzantine eunuch general
- Peter Stone (disambiguation)
People with the surname Peter
Other
- "Peter" (short story), a 1892 short story by Willa Cather
- Peter (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip
- Peter, the Lord's cat, a cat who lived at Lord's Cricket Ground in London
- The Peter, or Peter Pomegranate, medieval warship
See also
- Pete (disambiguation)
- Pierre (disambiguation)
- Petrus (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with Peter, including many people with forename Peter
This page lists people with the surname Peter.
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This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Peter.
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