# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/motiejus-valancius
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:31:27.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/motiejus-valancius"
name: "Motiejus Valančius"
slug: "motiejus-valancius"
description: "Motiejus Kazimieras Valančius was a Catholic Bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian/Samogitian writers of the 19th century."
tagline: "Lithuanian bishop (1801–1875)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maciej_Wo%C5%82onczewski_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1801-02-28"
deathDate: "1875-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.6505576208178439
  historical:           9.687294666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Мотеюс Валанчус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bat_smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muotiejos_Valon%C4%8D%C4%97"
    title: "Muotiejos Valončė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D1%8D%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96"
    title: "Мацей Казімер Валанчэўскі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%8E%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Мацеюс Валанчус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiejus_Valan%C4%8Dius"
    title: "Motiejus Valančius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiejus_Valan%C4%8Dius"
    title: "Motiejus Valančius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiejus_Valan%C4%8Dius"
    title: "Motiejus Valančius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiejus_Valan%C4%8Dius"
    title: "Motiejus Valančius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiejus_Valan%C4%8Dius"
    title: "Motiejus Valančius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiejus_Valan%C4%8Dius"
    title: "Motiejus Valančius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiejus_Valan%C4%8Dius"
    title: "Motiejus Valančius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D1%8E%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%8E%D1%81"
    title: "Валанчюс, Мотеюс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q627106"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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