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Brewer's: Valentia

The southern part of Scotland was so called from the Emperor Valens. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ValentineValens A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Valentinians

An ancient sect of Gnostics. So called from Valentinus, their leader. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ValerianValentine A B C D E F G H I J K L…

Brewer's: Clerimond

Niece of the Green Knight (q.v.), bride of Valentine the brave, and sister of Ferragus the giant. (Valentine and Orson.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Bellisant

Sister to King Pepin of France, wife of Alexander, Emperor of Constantinople. Being accused of infidelity, the emperor banished her, and she became the mother of Valentine and Orson. (…

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Brewer's: Antimony

Said to be derived from the Greek antimonachos (bad for monks). The tale is that Valentine once gave some of this mineral to his convent pigs, who thrived upon it, and became very fat. He…

Brewer's: Eglantine

(3 syl.). Daughter of King Pepin, and bride of her cousin Valentine, the brother of Orson. She soon died. (Valentine and Orson.) Madame Eglantine. The prioress in Chaucer's Canterbury…

Brewer's: Ferragus

The giant of Portugal, who took Bellisant under his care after she had been divorced by Alexander, Emperor of Constantinople. (Valentine and Orson..) The great “Brazen Head,” that told…