Valentiniani

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Vălentīnĭāni, ōrum, m.,

a sect of heretics in the second century , against whom Tertullian wrote a book. They were named from Valentius, Tert. adv. Val. 2; Lact. 4, 30, 10; Cod. Th. 10, 5, 65,§ 2.