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Patera (disambiguation)

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A patera was a saucer-shaped Roman drinking vessel. In modern usage, it describes something similar to a shallow bowl or deep dish and may refer to:

Architecture

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Astronomy

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People

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  • Patera Silk, fictional character in The Book of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
  • Adolf Patera (1819-1894), Bohemian chemist, mineralogist and metallurgist
  • Dennis Patera (b. 1945), American football player
  • Jack Patera (1933–2018), former American football player and coach in the National Football League
  • Jiří Patera, multiple people
  • Ken Patera (b. 1942), retired professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and Strongman competitor from Portland, Oregon
  • Pavel Patera (b. 1971), professional ice hockey player from the Czech Republic
  • Anthony Pateras (b. 1979), multidisciplinary musician in Melbourne, Australia
  • Raúl Pateras Pescara de Castelluccio (1890-1966), marquis of Pateras-Pescara and an Argentine lawyer and inventor

Zoology

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Other Uses

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  • A small decorative plate fixed to the base of a clock.