Valentinus 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VII |
| Dates | 642 (c.) / 645 (ob.) |
| Variant Names | Valentinianos; "Bltyn'"; "Wlytws" |
| Ethnicity | Armenian |
| Locations | Syria |
| Titles | Patrikios (dignity) |
| Textual Sources | Chronicon Anonymi ad annum 1234 pertinens, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, I = CSCO 81-82 (Paris, 1916-20), II = CSCO 109 (Louvain, 1937) (chronicle); Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
In 642/643 Valentinus 1 planned with David 29 (PLRE III, p. 389, s.n. David 6 Saharuni) a joint attack on the Arabs in Syria but was defeated by them: Chron. 1234, §122 (p. 257), Mich. Syr. II 443. Later Valentinus 1 (a patrikios) revolted against the emperor Constans II (Konstans 1) but was killed and his army then transferred its loyalty to the emperor: Theoph. AM 6136 (dated c. 645; ἐστασίασε Βαλεντινιανὸς ὁ πατρίκιος κατὰ Κώνσταντος), Chron. 1234, §126 (p. 260) (dated in 642, year 954 Sel.; "an army commander"). See PLRE III, pp. 1354-1355, Valentinus 5 patricius; PBE's Valentinus 1 is identical with PLRE III's Valentinus 5.
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