Valancius


Asteroid 338274, Valancius, was discovered on October 5, 2002 by Kazimeiras Cernis at Palomar Mountain Observatory near Pauma Valley, California. It has a period of 4 years, 362 days.

It was named for Motiejus Kazimieras Valancius (1801-1875), a Roman Catholic bishop of Samogitia, Lithuania (based in Varniai, later Kaunas, and now part of the Diocese of Telsiai). Valancius was a historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century. He also was the inaugurator of the temperance movement in Lithuania. Valancius did everything he could to thwart the Russification of Lithuania.

Motiejus Valancius

Astrologically,. Valancius may signify cultural resistance to assimilation, nationalism



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