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Valentinus (also spelled Valentinius; c. AD 100 – c. 180) 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 his own group when another was chosen.Valentinus produced a variety of writings, but only fragments survive, largely those quoted in rebuttal arguments in the works of his opponents, not enough to reconstruct his system except in broad outline. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentinus has received more than 23,285 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Valentinus is the 498th most popular philosopher (down from 443rd in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.
Valentinus was a Gnostic Christian who believed that Jesus was not divine, but rather a man who was born with the power of the spirit.
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Among philosophers, Valentinus ranks 498 out of 1,081. Before him are Themistius, Nezahualcoyotl, Annemarie Schimmel, Antiochus of Ascalon, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, and Priscian. After him are Peter Deunov, Émile Chartier, Yan Hui, Theodorus the Atheist, Kenneth Waltz, and Thomas Nagel.
317 - 388
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 492
1402 - 1472
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 493
1922 - 2003
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 494
130 BC - 68 BC
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 495
1754 - 1836
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 496
500 - 600
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 497
100 - 160
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 498
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 499
1868 - 1951
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 500
521 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 501
340 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 502
1924 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 503
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 504
Among people born in 100, Valentinus ranks 30. Before him are Domitia Longina, Saint Sabina, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Agrippa the Skeptic, and Praxedes. After him are Marinus of Tyre, Gan Ying, Vologases III of Parthia, Simon bar Giora, Apollos, and Lusius Quietus. Among people deceased in 160, Valentinus ranks 4. Before him are Marcion of Sinope, Shimon bar Yochai, and Marcus Cornelius Fronto. After him is Quintus Lollius Urbicus.
100 - 126
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 24
100 - 126
HPI: 59.88
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100 - 200
HPI: 59.81
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100 - 160
HPI: 59.25
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100 - 100
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 28
100 - Present
HPI: 58.85
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100 - 160
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 30
100 - 130
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 31
100 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 32
100 - 200
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 33
100 - 70
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 34
100 - 100
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 35
100 - 118
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 36
85 - 160
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 1
1 - 160
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100 - 160
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100 - 160
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150 - 160
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Among people born in Egypt, Valentinus ranks 226 out of 582. Before him are Osorkon I (-1000), Al-Tahawi (853), Yuya (-1500), Youssef Chahine (1926), Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep (-1800), and Amun-her-khepeshef (-1300). After him are Tjuyu (-1401), Ka (null), Shoshenq II (-1000), Osorkon II (-1000), Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1901), and Samir Amin (1931).
1000 BC - 889 BC
HPI: 59.17
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853 - 935
HPI: 59.13
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1500 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 59.03
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1926 - 2008
HPI: 58.86
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1800 BC - 1718 BC
HPI: 58.83
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1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 58.75
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100 - 160
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 226
1401 BC - 1370 BC
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 227
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 228
1000 BC - 889 BC
HPI: 58.56
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1000 BC - 850 BC
HPI: 58.50
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1901 - 1991
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 231
1931 - 2018
HPI: 58.37
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Among philosophers born in Egypt, Valentinus ranks 11. Before him are Muhammad Abduh (1849), Sextus Empiricus (160), Ammonius Saccas (175), John Philoponus (490), Saadia Gaon (882), and Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796). After him are Ammonius Hermiae (440), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832), Julius Pollux (200), Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), and Syrianus (400).
1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 5
160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
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175 - 242
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 7
490 - 570
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Rank: 8
882 - 942
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 9
796 - 859
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Rank: 10
100 - 160
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Rank: 11
440 - 523
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 12
495 - 570
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 13
832 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 14
200 - 238
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 15
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 16
400 - 437
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 17