Valerian Maximus?

Galway Kinnell (1927-2014), The Poems of François Villon. New Edition. Translated with an Introduction and Notes (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1977), pp. 36-37 ( Le Testament , lines 159-160) with note on p 227: Valere pour vray le baudit Qui fut nommé le Grant a Romme. This is vouched for by Valerian Who was called "The Great" in Rome. Valerian : Valerian Maximus. However, the story…