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Peydro m

  1. (biblical, Christianity) Alternative form of Pedro, Peter
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:
      Sant peẏdro fo ṕdicar en roma. e por occaſiõ de ſimõ magus el encantador. nero el enꝑador fizolo meter en .+. dela cabeça aẏuſo e delos pies aſuſo.
      Saint Peter went to Rome to preach, and because of Simon Magus the sorcerer Nero the emperor had him put on a cross with his head down and his feet up.
  2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter