# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valerius-pinianus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:16:09.620Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valerius-pinianus"
name: "Valerius Pinianus"
slug: "valerius-pinianus"
description: "Valerius Pinianus in Jerusalem, was a member of a branch of the gens Valeria and among the richest men of his time. He was the son of a Roman praefectus urbi and also had a brother named Severus. His life is closely coupled with that of his paternal cousin and wife, Melania the Younger, whom he married sometime between 396 and 400. After their arrival in Tagaste, North Africa in 410 and Melanias mother, Augustine, bishop of Hippo, convinced the couple to dedicate a large part of their wealth to his church. In 417, the couple moved to Palestine."
tagline: "Husband of Melania the Younger"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Heilige_Pinian_van_Rome_Kluizenaars_Thebaanse_heiligen_%28serietitel%29_Pinianus_Romanus_%28titel_op_object%29%2C_RP-P-BI-1661.jpg/330px-Heilige_Pinian_van_Rome_Kluizenaars_Thebaanse_heiligen_%28serietitel%29_Pinianus_Romanus_%28titel_op_object%29%2C_RP-P-BI-1661.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "381"
deathDate: "420"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.19
  momentum:             15.31578947368421
  historical:           6.136861333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piniani"
    title: "Piniani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Pini%C3%A0"
    title: "Valeri Pinià"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinianus"
    title: "Pinianus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinianus"
    title: "Pinianus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Pinianus"
    title: "Valerius Pinianus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerio_Piniano"
    title: "Valerio Piniano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val%C3%A9rio_Piniano"
    title: "Valério Piniano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40749451"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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