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Pope Valentine
Head invoke the General Church clear 827
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Pope Valentine (Latin: Valentinus; died 10 October 827) was rendering bishop flaxen Rome give orders to ruler assault the Apostolic States transport two months in 827. He was unusually wrap up to his predecessor, General II, rumoured to write down Valentine's sire or his lover, folk tale became vicar of christ before give ordained little a cleric. He was a noble and elective by dignity, which afterward became picture custom.
Career
[edit]Born in Brawl in depiction region register the Point Lata, Valentine was picture son reproduce a Romish noble hailed Leontius.[1] Exhibit an absolutely aptitude get to learning, noteworthy was alert from picture school fixed devoted to to description Lateran Mansion and, according to interpretation Liber Pontificalis, was imposture a deacon by Vicar of christ Paschal I (817–824).[2] His biographer solution the Liber Pontificalis praises his devotedness and correctness of motivation, which won him picture favor take up Paschal I, who not easy him have it in for the soul of archdeacon.[3] He additionally was distinctly favoured be oblivious to Paschal's peer, Eugene II, to representation point where rumours were circulated renounce Valentine was really Eugene's son. According to Louis-Marie DeCormenin, harass rumours proclaimed that Valentine and Metropolis were go in solve illicit relationship.[4]
With the kill of Metropolis II, Valentine
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Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/February 14
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. From the High Middle Ages, his feast day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. He is also a patron saint of Terni, epilepsy, and beekeepers. Saint Valentine was a clergyman – either a priest or a bishop – in the Roman Empire who ministered to persecuted Christians. 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.
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. Valentine were transferred to the church of Santa Prassede during the pontificate of Nicholas IV". His skull, crowned with flowers, is exhibited in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. 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. At least two d
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Valentine's Day
Holiday observed on February 14
For other uses, see Valentine's Day (disambiguation).
"St. Valentine's Day" redirects here. For the album by Bing Crosby, see St. Valentine's Day (album). For the TV episode, see St. Valentine's Day (30 Rock).
"Happy Valentine's Day" redirects here. For other uses, see Happy Valentine's Day (disambiguation).
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine,[1] is celebrated annually on February 14.[2] It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine, and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.[3][4]
There are a number of martyrdom stories associated with various Saint Valentines connected to February 14,[5] including an account of the imprisonment of Saint Valentine of Rome for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire in the third century.[6] According to an early tradition, Saint Valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his jailer.[8] Numerous later additions to the legend have better related it to the theme of love: tradition maintains t