# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-valentine
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:12:27.340Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-valentine"
name: "Basil Valentine"
slug: "basil-valentine"
description: "Basil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany but more likely a pseudonym used by one or several 16th-century German authors."
tagline: "Pseudonymous author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chymische_Schrifften_1717_Basilius_Valentinus_Frontispiece.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1394"
deathDate: "1450"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.685968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilius_Valentinus"
    title: "Basilius Valentinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "بازيليوس فالانتينوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "بازيليوس فالانتينوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilius_Valentinus"
    title: "Basilius Valentinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilius_Valentinus"
    title: "Basilius Valentinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Βασίλειος Βαλεντίνος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Valentine"
    title: "Basil Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilius_Valentinus"
    title: "Basilius Valentinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "باسیلیوس والنتینوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basile_Valentin"
    title: "Basile Valentin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilius_Valentinus"
    title: "Basilius Valentinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilius_Valentinus"
    title: "Basilius Valentinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilius_Valentinus"
    title: "Basilius Valentinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilio_Valentim"
    title: "Basilio Valentim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Василий Валентин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Valentine"
    title: "Basil Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Василій Валентин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810169"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump