Valerio, Samuel

Valerio, Samuel a Jewish physician who flourished in the island of Corfu in the 16th century, is the author of יד המל, or a commentary on the book of Esther (Ven. 1586), in which he made use of the Talmud, of Jewish .and Christian exegetical works, of the philosophical, writings among Jews and Arabs; חזון למועד, or a commentary on Daniel (ibid. eod.). See Fürst, L. B. des Orients, 1845, col. 566,606; Bibl. Jud. 3, 467; De' Rossi, Dictionario Sto6rico (Germ. transl.), p. 325. (B. P.)