The third was said to be a saint who suffered on the same day with a number of companions in the Roman province of Africa, of whom nothing else is known. One was a Roman priest, another the bishop of Interamna (modern Terni, Italy) both buried along the Via Flaminia outside Rome, at different distances from the city. The Catholic Encyclopedia and other hagiographical sources speak of three Saints Valentine that appear in connection with February 14. whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God" is in fact based upon a statement in the Gelasian Decree which mentions St George but not St Valentine, and is not in fact by Gelasius. Valentine on February 14 was first established in 496 by Pope Gelasius I, who included Valentine among all those ". The widespread modern legend that the feast of St. There is a reference to his feast day on 14 February in one of the 9th century copies of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, which may have been compiled originally between 460 and 544 from earlier local sources, but the entry may be much later. Saint Valentine does not occur in the earliest list of Roman martyrs, the Chronography of 354, although the patron of the Chronography's compilation was a wealthy Roman Christian named Valentinus. The Catholic Church continues to recognise him as a saint, listing him as such in the February 14 entry in the Roman Martyrology, and authorising liturgical veneration of him on February 14 in any place where that day is not devoted to some other obligatory celebration, in accordance with the rule that on such a day the Mass may be that of any saint listed in the Martyrology for that day. In 1969, the Catholic Church removed his name from the General Roman Calendar, leaving his liturgical celebration to local calendars, though use of the pre-1970 liturgical calendar is also authorised under the conditions indicated in the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum of 2007. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, he is recognised on July 6 in addition, the Eastern Orthodox Church observes the feast of Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna, on July 30. Saint Valentine is commemorated in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Churches on February 14. For Saint Valentine of Rome, along with Saint Valentine of Terni, "abstracts of the acts of the two saints were in nearly every church and monastery of Europe", according to Professor Jack B. 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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