Valentinus is a Roman masculine given name derived from the Latin word "valens" meaning "healthy, strong". It may refer to:

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Pope Valentine Pope Valentine ( la, Valentinus; died 10 October 827) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States for two months in 827. He was unusually close to his predecessor, Eugene II, rumoured to be his son or his lover, and became pope before b ...

(died 827) *

Saint Valentine Saint Valentine ( it, San Valentino; la, Valentinus) was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages, his Saints' Day has been associated with a ...

, one or more martyred Christian saints *

Valentinus (Gnostic) Valentinus (also spelled Valentinius; – ) was the best known and, for a time, most successful early Christian Gnostic theologian. He founded his school in Rome. According to Tertullian, Valentinus was a candidate for bishop but started hi ...

(died c. 150), early Christian gnostic theologian * Valentinus Paquay (1828–1905), Friar Minor *

Valentinus Smalcius Valentinus Smalcius (german: Valentin Schmalz or ''Schmaltz''; pl, Walenty Smalc) (Gotha, 1572 – Raków, Kielce county 1622) was a German Socinian theologian. He is known for his German translation of the Racovian Catechism, and Racovian New Test ...

(1572–1622), German Socinian theologian

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Valentinus (rebel) Valentinus ( century, died 369) was a Roman criminal and rebel put down after Count Theodosius's arrival in Britain in AD 369. Ammianus Marcellinus records that Valentinus was a Pannonian whose brother-in-law Maximinus was close to the emperor . H ...

, 4th-century Roman exile who attempted a conspiracy in Roman Britain *

Valentinus (usurper) Valentinus ( gr, Οὐαλεντῖνος/Βαλεντῖνος) (died 644) was a Byzantine general and usurper. Biography According to Sebeos, Valentinus was of Armenian origin, being descended from the royal Arsacid clan... He was initially a mem ...

(died 644), Byzantine general and usurper, father of empress Fausta

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Basilius Valentinus Basil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany but more likely a pseudonym used by one or several 16th-ce ...

, 15th century monk from Erfurt who may have described bismuth *

Valentinus Lublinus Valentinus 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 ...

(16th-century–16th-century), 16th-century Polish physician and editor *

Valentinus Otho Valentinus Otho (also Valentin Otto; born around 1545–46 possibly in Magdeburg – 8 April 1603 in Heidelberg) was a German mathematician and astronomer. Life In 1573 he came to Wittenberg, proposing to Johannes Praetorius an approximation of ...

(died 1603), German mathematician and astronomer *

Valentinus Nabodus Valentin Naboth (also spelled ''Valentine Naibod'' or ''Nabod'') (13 February 1523 – 3 March 1593), known by the latinized name Valentinus Nabodus, was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. Life and academic career Valentin Nab ...

(1523–1593), German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer

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Anacyclus valentinus ''Anacyclus valentinus'' is the type species for the genus ''Anacyclus'' in the tribe Anthemideae and family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,90 ...

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Ischnocolus valentinus ''Ischnocolus valentinus'' is a small, old-world tarantula. It is found in Spain, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. It is the only species of true tarantula to occur in continental Europe. It is the type species of the genus '' Ischnoco ...

'', a small, old-world tarantula *''

Squalius valentinus ''Squalius valentinus'', commonly known as the Valencia chub and the Levantine bagra, is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae.Doadrio, Ignacio, and Jose A. Carmona. "Phylogenetic overview of the genus Squalius (Actinopterygi ...

'', a species of freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae

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