Valerian

Valerian may refer to:

Botany

• Valeriana, a genus of plants
• Valerian (herb), a medicinal plant
• Red valerian, a garden flower, Centranthus ruber

People

• Valerian (emperor) (200–c. 260), Roman emperor 253-260
• Valerian II (died 257), son of Gallienus
• Valerianus Magnus (1586–1661), Italian Capuchin missionary preacher in Central Europe
• Valerian Albanov (1881–1919), Russian navigator
• Valerian A. Frolov (1895–1961), Soviet Russian military figure
• Valerian Gracias (1900–1978), Indian Roman Catholic cardinal
• Valerian Gribayedoff (1858–1908), Russian-American journalist
• Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), Russian prince and Lieutenant General
• Valerian Ruminski (born 1967), American singer
• Valerian Sokolov (born 1946), former Soviet bantamweight amateur boxer
• Valerian Trifa (1914–1987), Romanian Orthodox cleric and fascist political activist

Saints

• Valerian of Abbenza (377–457), bishop of Abbenza
• Valerianus, bishop of Aquileia (4th century)
• Valerian, husband of Saint Cecilia
• Valerian, bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Auxerre

Music and literature

• Valérian and Laureline, French comics characters since the 1960s
• Valerian, a pseudonym used by English musician Gary Numan (b. 1958)
• Valerian, a character in the book The Book of Dead Days written by Marcus Sedgwick

Other

• Sweet Valerian, a series of manga and five minute anime episodes
• Valerians a race in Star Trek

See also

• Valerius, one of the oldest patrician families of Rome
• Valérien (disambiguation)