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Jump to navigationJump to search- "thou art Peter", Matt 16:18.
- there is also a pun on peatrick as Peter-Rock. In Greek petros, "Peter", is a masculine form of petra, which means "Rock"; Jesus puns on the ambiguity when he says "Thou art Peter (petros), and upon this rock (petra) I will build my church."
- Patrick
- peat: turf
- rick: hayrick
- cf. scad
- I thú: you
- St. Patrick's Purgatory contained a peat fire
- cf. FW 407.11 ff: "... (whish, O whish!) ... I heard a voice ... voise from afar ... Tu es Petrus"