Valentinus
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Valentinus is a Roman masculine given name. It is derived from the Latin word "valens" meaning "healthy, strong".[1] Valentinus may refer to:
Churchmen [edit]
- Saint Valentine, one or more martyred Christian saints
- Valentinus (Gnostic) (died c. 150), early Christian gnostic theologian
- Valentinus Paquay (1828–1905), Friar Minor
- Valentinus Smalcius (1572–1622), German Socinian theologian
Emperors and pretenders [edit]
- Valentinus (rebel), 4th-century Roman exile who attempted a conspiracy in Roman Britain
- Valentinus (usurper) (died 644), Byzantine general and usurper, father of empress Fausta
Scholars [edit]
- Basilius Valentinus, 15th century monk from Erfurt who may have described bismuth
- Valentinus Lublinus (16th-century–16th-century), 16th-century Polish physician and editor
- Valentinus Otho (died 1603), German mathematician and astronomer
Other [edit]
- Anacyclus valentinus, a species of aster
See also [edit]
- Valentin (disambiguation), given name
- Valentine (disambiguation)
- Valentinian (disambiguation)
- Valentina (given name), the feminine of Valentinus
References [edit]
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