At least two different Saint Valentines are mentioned in the early martyrologies.

Other relics of him are in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church, Dublin, Ireland, a popular place of pilgrimage, especially on Saint Valentine's Day, for those seeking love. His skull, crowned with flowers, is exhibited in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. Valentine were transferred to the church of Santa Prassede during the pontificate of Nicholas IV'. Relics of him were kept in the Church and Catacombs of San Valentino in Rome, which 'remained an important pilgrim site throughout the Middle Ages until the relics of St. He was martyred and his body buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14, which has been observed as the Feast of Saint Valentine (Saint Valentine's Day) since at least the eighth century. Saint Valentine was a clergyman – either a priest or a bishop – in the Roman Empire who ministered to persecuted Christians. He is also a patron saint of Terni, epilepsy and beekeepers. From the High Middle Ages, his Saints' Day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. Saint Valentine ( Italian: San Valentino Latin: Valentinus) was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. (Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran Churches)īirds roses bishop with a crippled person or a child with epilepsy at his feet bishop with a rooster nearby bishop refusing toĪdore an idol bishop being beheaded priest bearing a sword priest holding a sun priest giving sight to a blind girl Īffianced couples, against fainting, beekeepers, happy marriages, love, mentally ill peoples, plague, epilepsy, Lesvos (for Catholics) Saint Valentine is healing an epilepsy illustrated by Dr.

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