Valerian

Valerian

Valerian may mean:

* Valerian (herb), a medicinal plant
* Red valerian, a garden flower

"People"
* Valerian I, Roman emperor 253-260
* Valerian II, son of Gallienus (d. 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. Valerian of Abbenza, bishop of Abbenza (d. 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

ee also

*Valerius
*Valérien


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  • Valerian — Va*le ri*an, n. [LL. valeriana, perhaps from some person named Valerius, or fr. L. valere to be strong. powerful, on account of its medicinal virtues: cf. F. val[ e]riane.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Valeriana}. The root of the officinal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Valerian —   [v ], eigentlich Publius Licinius Valerianus, römischer Kaiser (seit 253), * um 200, ✝ nach 262 (?); von den Truppen in Rätien oder Noricum zum Kaiser ausgerufen; setzte seinen Sohn Gallienus als Mitregenten ein. Valerian suchte im Osten die… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • valerian — [və lir′ē ən] n. [ME < MFr valériane < ML valeriana, valerian, prob. after Valeria, province in Pannonia, where the plants were grown] 1. any of a genus (Valeriana) of plants of the valerian family, with clusters or spikes of white, pink,… …   English World dictionary

  • valerian — ► NOUN 1) a plant bearing clusters of small pink, red, or white flowers. 2) a sedative drug obtained from a valerian root. ORIGIN Latin valeriana, apparently from Valerianus of Valerius (a personal name) …   English terms dictionary

  • valerian — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. valeriane, apparently from feminine singular of Latin adjective Valerianus, from the personal name Valerius (see VALERIE (Cf. Valerie)); but Weekley writes, some of the Ger. and Scand. forms of the name point rather to… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Valerian — (14. April) bringt den Kukuk heran. – Boebel, 19 …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

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