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Valerian



 
  Valerian may refer to:

In botany:
  • Valeriana
    Valeriana

    Valeriana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Valerianaceae. It includes a number of species of which the best known is the valerian Valeriana officinalis....
    , a genus of plants
  • Valerian (herb), a medicinal plant
  • Red valerian, a garden flower, Centranthus ruber
    Centranthus ruber

    Centranthus ruber, also called Valerian or Red valerian is a popular gardening flower. Other common names include Jupiter's Beard....


people:
  • Valerian (emperor)
    Valerian (emperor)

    Publius Licinius Valerianus , commonly known in English language as Valerian or Valerian I, was the Roman Emperor from 253 to 260....
    , Roman emperor 253-260
  • Valerian II
    Valerian II

    Cornelius Licinius Valerianus, also known as Valerian II, was the eldest son of Roman Emperor Gallienus and Augusta Cornelia Salonina....
    , son of Gallienus (d. 258)
  • Valerianus Magnus
    Valerianus Magnus

    Valerianus Magnus or Valeriano Magni was an Italy Capuchin Order, missionary preacher in Central Europe, Polemic and author....
     (1586-1661), Italian Capuchin missionary preacher in Central Europe
  • Valerian Madatov
    Valerian Madatov

    Prince Valerian Grigoryevich Madatov was a Russian prince and Lieutenant General....
     (1782–1829), Russian prince and Lieutenant General
  • Valerian Albanov
    Valerian Albanov

    Valerian Ivanovich Albanov was a Russian navigator, best known for being one of only two survivors of the ill-fated Georgy Brusilov of 1912....
     (1881-1919), Russian navigator
  • Valerian A. Frolov
    Valerian A. Frolov

    Valerian Alexandrovich Frolov was a Soviet Union Colonel General . Frolov participated in the First World War, the Russian Civil War, and the Winter War as an Army commander, and during the Second World War as the commander of the 14th Army , and from September 1941 to February 1944, the Karelian Front....
     (1895-1961), Soviet Russian military figure
  • Valerian Trifa
    Valerian Trifa

    Valerian Trifa was a Romanian Romanian Orthodox Church cleric and Fascism political activist, who served as archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America Romanian Episcopate....
     (1914–1987), Romanian Orthodox cleric and fascist political activist
  • Valerian Gracias
    Valerian Gracias

    Valerian Cardinal Gracias was an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay from 1950 until his death, and was elevated to the Cardinal in 1953 by Pope Pius XII....
     (1900-1978), Indian Roman Catholic cardinal
  • Valerian Ruminski
    Valerian Ruminski

    Valerian Ruminski is an American Bass .He attended SUNY Buffalo and the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He apprenticed with the Santa Fe Opera and Chautauqua Operas and has performed with the NYC Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Kansas City Lyric Opera, Dallas Opera, Op?ra de Montr?al, New Israeli Opera , Opera Pacific, Mich...
     (1967- ), American singer


saints:
  • Valerian of Abbenza
    Valerian of Abbenza

    Saint Valerian was bishop of Abbenza in North Africa. He was martyred in 457 when he refused to surrender the sacred vessels of his church to the Vandals led by Arianism king Geiseric....
    , bishop of Abbenza (d. 457)
  • Valerianus
    List of Bishops and Patriarchs of Aquileia

    List of the Bishops and Archbishops of Aquileia.From 533 until the 7th century the archbishops renounced Papal authority and when they returned to the Roman fold they maintained the title patriarch they had assumed during this schism....
    , bishop of Aquileia (4th century)
  • Valerian, husband of Saint Cecilia
    Saint Cecilia

    Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and Church music because as she was dying she sang to God.St. Cecilia was an only child. Her feast day is celebrated in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Church, and Eastern Catholic Churches on November 22....
  • Valerian, bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Auxerre
    Ancient Diocese of Auxerre

    The bishopric of Auxerre is a former French Roman Catholic diocese, now a titular see. Its historical episcopal see was in the city of Auxerre in Burgundy, eastern France....


In music and literature:
  • Valérian and Laureline, French comics characters since the 1960s
  • Valerian, a pseudonym used by English musician Gary Numan
    Gary Numan

    Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop." Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars "....
     (b. 1958)


See also

  • Valerius
    Valerius

    Valerius originally was a Rome nomen of the gens Valeria, one of the oldest patrician families of the city. The name was in use throughout Roman history....
  • Valérien
    Valérien

    Val?rien may refer to:* Fort Mont-Val?rien, a fortress* Val?rien Isma?l , French footballerSee also*Valerian*Valerianus...