Valerian may mean:
- Valerian (herb), a medicinal plant
People
- Valerian I, Roman emperor 253-260
- Valerian II, son of Gallienus (d. Valerian ( Valeriana officinalis, Valerianaceae) is a hardy perennial flowering Plant, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers For other uses see Valerian. Publius Licinius Valerianus (c 200 - after 260 commonly known in English as Valerian Cornelius Licinius Valerianus, also known as Valerian II, was the eldest son of Roman Emperor Gallienus and Augusta Cornelia Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (218-268 ruled the Roman Empire as co-emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and then as the sole Roman Emperor 258)
- Valerianus Magnus (1586-1661), Italian Capuchin missionary preacher in Central Europe
- Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), Russian prince and Lieutenant General
- Valerian Albanov (1881-1919), Russian navigator
- Valerian A. Frolov (1895-1961), Soviet Russian military figure
- Valerian Trifa (1914–1987), Romanian Orthodox cleric and fascist political activist
- Valerian Gracias (1900-1978), Indian Roman Catholic cardinal
- Valerian Ruminski (1967- ), American singer
Saints
- St. Valerianus Magnus or Valeriano Magni ( 1586 - July 20, 1661) was an Italian Capuchin, missionary preacher in Central Prince Valerian Grigoryevich Madatov (Валериан Григорьевич Мадатов Ռոստոմ Մադաթյան Rostom Madatyan (1782 &ndash September 4, Valerian Ivanovich Albanov (Валериан Иванович Альбанов (1881 - 1919 was a Russian navigator best known for being one of only two survivors of the ill-fated Valerian Alexandrovich Frolov ( 1895, Petrograd - 1961, Leningrad) was a Soviet Colonel General (1943 Valerian Trifa ( monastic name of Viorel D Trifa, known in Eastern Orthodox Church records as Valerian (Trifa; June 28, 1914 Valerian Cardinal Gracias ( October 23, 1900 &mdash September 11, 1978) was an Indian Prelate of the Roman Valerian Ruminski (b 1967, Buffalo NY) is an American bass singer. Valerian of Abbenza, bishop of Abbenza (d. Saint Valerian (377-457 was bishop of Abbenza in North Africa. 457)
- St. Valerian, husband of Saint Cecilia
- Valerian, bishop of Auxerre
- Valerian, bishop of Aquileia (4th century)
- Valerian (child-martyr), saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Music and literature
- Valerian, a pseudonym used by Gary Numan
- Valérian and Laureline, French comics characters
See also
Saint Cecilia (Sancta Caecilia is the Patron saint of Musicians and Church music. The bishopric of Auxerre is a former French Roman Catholic diocese now a Titular see. List of the Bishops and Archbishops of Aquileia. For the ecclesiastical history of the see Patriarchate of Aquileia From 533 until the 7th century The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958 is an English singer composer and musician Valérian and Laureline ( Valérian et Laureline) also known as Valérian Spatio-Temporal Agent (French Valérian Agent Spatio-Temporel Valerius originally was a Roman Nomen of the Gens Valeria, one of the oldest patrician families of the cityDictionary
valerian
-noun
- A hardy perennial flowering plant, Valeriana officinalis, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers.
- More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana.
- (uncountable) The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine.
Valerian
-proper noun
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