Valentinus
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Valentinus is a Roman masculine given name. It is derived from the Latin word "valens" meaning "healthy, strong". Valentinus may refer to:
- Pope ValentinePope ValentinePope Valentine, , pope for thirty or forty days in 827, was a Roman by birth, and, according to the Liber Pontificalis, was first made a deacon by Paschal I...
(died 827), pope for thirty or forty days in 827 - Saint ValentineSaint ValentineSaint Valentine is the name of several martyred saints of ancient Rome. The name "Valentine", derived from valens , was popular in Late Antiquity...
(died 269), name of several martyred saints of ancient Rome - Valentinus (Gnostic)Valentinus (Gnostic)Valentinus was the best known and for a time most successful early Christian gnostic theologian. He founded his school in Rome...
(died c. 150), early Christian gnostic theologian - Basilius ValentinusBasilius ValentinusBasil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, who was allegedly a 15th-century alchemist. There are claims that he was the Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Sankt Peter in Erfurt, Germany but according to John Maxson Stillman, who wrote on the history of chemistry,...
, 15th century monk from Erfurt who may have described bismuth - Roman emperors Valentinian IValentinian IValentinian I , also known as Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375. Upon becoming emperor he made his brother Valens his co-emperor, giving him rule of the eastern provinces while Valentinian retained the west....
(364–375) and Valentinian IIValentinian IIFlavius Valentinianus , commonly known as Valentinian II, was Roman Emperor from 375 to 392.-Early Life and Accession :...
(371–392) - Valentinus (rebel)Valentinus (rebel)Valentinus was a Roman figure of the later fourth century AD.In 369 AD he committed an unrecorded but very serious crime. His brother in law, Maximinus was close to the emperor Valentinian I and was able to have Valentinus' sentence commuted from execution to exile and he was sent to Roman...
, 4th-century Roman exile who attempted a conspiracy in Roman Britain - Valentinus (usurper)Valentinus (usurper)Valentinus was a Byzantine general and usurper.According to Sebeos, Valentinus was of Armenian origin, being descended from the royal Arsacid clan...
(died 644), Byzantine general and usurper, father of empress Fausta - Valentinus LublinusValentinus LublinusValentinus Lublinus, also known as Walenty Lublin, was a 16th-century Polish physician and editor of medical texts. He was a student of Johannes Baptista Montanus at the University of Padua, and collected, edited and published several volumes of his teacher's lectures two years after Montanus's death...
(16th-century–16th-century), 16th-century Polish physician and editor - Valentinus OthoValentinus OthoValentinus Otho or Valentin Otto was a German mathematician and astronomer.- Life :...
(died 1603), German mathematician and astronomer - Valentinus PaquayValentinus PaquayValentinus Paquay , born Jan Louis, also known as the little holy father of Hasselt , was a Friar Minor....
(1828–1905), Friar Minor - Valentinus SmalciusValentinus SmalciusValentinus Smalcius was a German Socinian theologian. He is known for his German translation of the Racovian Catechism, and Racovian New Testament translated from Greek into Polish...
(1572–1622), German Socinian theologian