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Valentinus was born in approximately 100 AD and died in Alexandria in approximately AD 180.

According to Epiphanius of Salamis, a Christian scholar, he was born in Egypt and schooled in Alexandria.

Clement of Alexandria, another Christian scholar and teacher, reports that Valentinus was taught by Theudas, a disciple of the apostle Paul.

It is reputed that he was an extremely eloquent man who possessed a great deal of charisma and had an innate ability to attract people.

He went to Rome some time between AD 136 and 140, in the time of Pope Hyginus, and had risen to the peak of his teaching career between AD 150 and 155, during the time of Pius.