Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century/Valens, Arian bp. of Mursa
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Valens (4), Arian bp. of Mursa in Pannonia,
and together with
Ursacius the leading
Western opponent of Athanasius. He must
have been born c. 300, as we find him a most
influential bishop from a.d. 332 (cf. Socr. H. E. i. 27). The activity and influence of Valens was confined to the East. The West was always hostile to him, and frequently excommunicated him, the last occasion being at a council held at Rome in 369. He probably died some time prior to 375.
[G.T.S.]