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	Encyclopedia: Saint Valentine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saint Valentine or Saint Valentinus refers to one of at least three martyred saints of ancient Rome.
		The feast of Saint Valentine was formerly celebrated on February 14 by the Roman Catholic Church until the revised calendar 1969.
		The saint's feast day was removed from the Church calendar in 1969 as part of a broader effort to remove saints of purely legendary origin.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saint-Valentine (1595 words)

	Unbound
		There are at least three different Saint Valentines who were condemned to death because of their Christian beliefs mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of February 14th.
		Saint Valentine was born in Terni, which was a district under the government of Rome, in approximately 175 A.D. The time of his birth was during the Marcus Aurelius' Empire.
		Valentine, who was a priest, refused to adhere to the rules of the emperor concerning Christianity.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Lake/3894/valentineday/saint.html (1021 words)

	St. Valentine's Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Valentine's Day falls on February 14, and is the traditional day on which lovers in certain cultures let each other know about their love, commonly by sending Valentine's cards, which are often anonymous.
		The feast of St. Valentine was first declared to be on February 14 by Pope Gelasius I in 496.
		In the 19th century, relics of St. Valentine were donated by Pope Gregory XVI to the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland, which has become a popular place of pilgrimage on February 14.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Valentine's_Day (1485 words)

	Bawarchi: Indian Festivals: Saint Valentine's Day
		Saint Valentine's Day, the 14th of February is name after a Christian martyr of the Roman period.
		It owed its origin to the continental medieval belief held generally in England and France, that it was at the beginning of the second fortnight of February, that the birds began to mate.
		At present times, the custom of sending valentines has extended beyond lovers, and valentines are exchanged between parents and children, husbands and wives, and between friends expressing their everlasting bond of love.
	www.bawarchi.com /festivals/valentine.html (674 words)

	Saint Valentine's Day: Legend of the Saint
		These two Saint Valentines appear to have been alive during the second half of the Third Century and are said by some sources to be buried on the Flaminia Consular Way...but at different distances from the City of Rome.
		The third Saint Valentine is said to have practiced in Africa with a number of associates prior to his martrydom, but nothing further is known of this particular personage and it is doubtful that he is associated in any manner with the modern day celebration of Saint Valentine's Day.
		The relic bones of this Saint Valentine are housed in a basilica in Terni, a town in Italy which hails Saint Valentine as its Patron Saint.
	www.novareinna.com /festive/saintval.html (1047 words)

	What is the history and origin of Valentine's day?
		February 14 is Valentines Day, the day on which we celebrate and explore love in all it’s many ideals.
		While waiting in jail, Valentine began exchanging letters with the jailer’s daughter and soon had fallen in love with her.
		And Valentines Day wouldn't be the same without a visit from Cupid, the winged cherub with a bow and arrow which he uses to place people into love.
	txtx.essortment.com /stvalentinesda_rfmd.htm (1374 words)

	Rehabilitating the Memory of Saint Valentine, the Teacher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Since Saint Valentine was a real person and a real martyr for the faith, the Orthodox Church recognizes at least two Saint Valentines (although they may be doublets): Saint Valentinus of Terni (Interamna) in Italy, bishop and hieromartyr, celebrated on July 30, and Saint Valentinus, an unidentified martyr, celebrated October 24.
		Although the Saints Valentine were western saints and not particularly popular in the east, "Valentine" is or was a fairly common name among the Russians.
		The Romanian Archbishop Andrew reports in the same newspaper that the cult of Saint Valentine and the "festival of love" associated with his name, which is foreign to Romanian spirituality, is spreading in Romania, also as an unwelcome import.
	www.struggler.org /Valentine.html (1381 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Features - In search of St Valentine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The saint’s remains, or some of them, are interred here in the Gorbals, an area not widely associated with romance, having been transferred to the 1960s-built church in 1999, when the local Franciscan community moved from the older St Francis’s church round the corner.
		As we sift through documentation pertaining to the saint in his office, it emerges that nobody seems very clear as to which Valentine’s remains Glasgow can lay claim to, or indeed which particular bits of the man are housed in that reliquary.
		Valentine (let’s stick to the singular to avoid total bewilderment) practised as a Christian and secretly married couples, for which impertinence he was martyred with good old-fashioned Roman efficiency - clubbed to death then decapitated.
	news.scotsman.com /features.cfm?id=167742005 (1541 words)

	History of Saint Valentine
		Right reverend and worshipful and my right well beloved Valentine, I recommend me unto you, full heartily desiring to hear of your welfare, which I beseech Almighty God long for to preserve until His pleasure and your heart’s desire.” While speaking of the amorous flavor of Valentine’s Day, no mention is made of the saint.
		While it seems that the exchange of “valentines” is more the result of secular custom rather than the memory of St. Valentine, and that the celebration has been further paganized with cupids and the like, there is a Christian message that should be remembered.
		On this Valentine’s day, looking to the example of this great saint, each person should offer again his love to the Lord, for only by doing so can he properly love those who are entrusted to his care and any other neighbor.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/religion/re0122.html (634 words)

	terra \| Specials - Valentines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Valentine considered this an unjust decree and continued to marry young couples in love.
		Valentine was executed on a 14th of February.
		Another Saint Valentine was the Bishop of Interamna (today’s city of Terni).
	www.terra.com /specials/valentines/historia1.html (211 words)

	Saint Valentine
		Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 by the custom of sending greeting cards or gifts to express affection to a chosen partner.
		The practice of calling oneself a "valentine" and asking one’s beloved to be the same, is referred to in the Paston Letters, the largest surviving collection of 15th-century English correspondence written by the Paston family and their neighbours in Norfolk.
		Although St. Valentine has traditionally been regarded as the patron saint of lovers, this was not the case on the infamous St.
	shoebox.heindorffhus.dk /frame-StValentine.htm (865 words)

	Saint Valentine St. Valentine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Valentine is said also as a valiant knight, for he was a right noble knight of God, and the knight is said valiant that fleeth not, and smiteth and defendeth valiantly and overcometh much puissantly.
		When Saint Valentine was brought in an house in prison, then he prayed to God, saying: Lord Jesu Christ very God, which art very light, enlumine this house in such wise that they that dwell therein may know thee to be very God.
		Saint Valentine anon put him in prayers, and by his prayers the daughter of the provost received again her sight, and anon all they of the the house were converted.
	www.reu.org /public/saints/Valentin.htm (1321 words)

	Saint Valentine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Valentine was martyred on February 14th, in the year 269, and buried on the Flaminian Way.
		The exact year that Bishop Valentine was martyred is not known, but historians record his death on February 14th, at the end of the third century.
		While the martyrdom of both Saints Valentine is not directly related to the celebration of lovers today, the underlying cause of their deaths was most definitely love—their love for their Faith.
	www.sspx.ca /Angelus/1984_February/Saint_Valentine.htm (476 words)

	Care2: Valentines Day Cards and Fun Facts!
		Valentine, a romantic at heart, disobeyed Emperor Claudius II's decree that soldiers remain bachelors.
		Valentine defied the emperor and secretly performed marriage ceremonies.
		As a result of his defiance, Valentine was put to death on February 14.
	www.care2.com /gates/holidays/valentines/valentines.html (417 words)

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		Lived in the 3rd century, this saint, priest and martyr of Rome is commemorated in the Roman martyrology on 14th February with register “latercolo” which originated from Beda in the 7th century.
		The Feast of St. Valentine, priest of Rome appears to have been celebrated since the time of St. Gregory the Great, and it was noted both in the Capitulary of 7th century and in the Gregorian Sacramentary.
		Valentine sounds like valorem tenens, something “that maintains value”, that is, “that preserves sanctity”, or Valentine signifies valens tyro, “valiant soldier”, that is, “soldier of Christ”.
	web.tiscali.it /sanvalentinoabriola/index2.htm (544 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Fridge Art: Cards For Saint Valentine
		Valentine was a priest in Rome in the early days of Christianity.
		Valentine was beheaded on February 14th, the eve of a Roman spring holiday named Lupercalia.
		Other lengends of Valentine state that he was imprisoned for giving aid to other martyrs in prison, and while there converted the jailer by restoring sight to the jailer's daughter.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/20010101/FRIDGE/stvalentine.htm (740 words)

	God's Valentine
		According to church tradition St. Valentine was a priest near Rome in about the year 270 A.D. At that time the Roman Emperor was imprisoning Christians for not worshipping the Roman gods.
		Valentine prayed and the girl was given her sight.
		Valentine: A traditional Roman Catholic treatment of the story of St. Valentine.
	www.geocities.com /alexstevenson.geo/valentine (947 words)

	The Most Unique Valentines Day Gift for 2004!
		Valentine was the friend of lovers in every district of Rome.
		Valentine was dragged from the temple, dragged away from the altar where a young maiden and a Roman youth stood, ready to wed.
		Another story says that Valentine was one of the early Christians in those far-away days when that meant danger and death.
	www.intellmktg.com /im/inlove/val_hist.htm (1151 words)

	The Tradition of Saint Valentine's Day
		The tradition of Valentine's Day is believed to have originated from the pagan customs of the Third Century or Fourth Century B.C., when the Parentalia and Feralia Festivals of Purification were celebrated in Ancient Rome between February 13 and February 18.
		According to other sources, the tradition of Valentine's Day is derived from a time when hordes of ravenous wolves roamed the immense wilderness area outside Rome where shepherds (the city's earliest inhabitants) kept their flocks.
		Pink is a delicate, almost innocent shade of red and is also connected with Saint Valentine, whose burial was said to have caused the pink almond tree to blossom.
	www.novareinna.com /festive/valentine.html (1315 words)

	Who's Saint Valentine?
		New heroes had to be created another way since eccentric, high-profile role-models [such as saints or martyrs or rebels such as Marlon Brando] are such a large part of the pull, the magnetism, the charm, and the public relations machinery of any up-start new belief system [like Hollywood's old star system] or a new religion.
		Once word spread that the Christians had a "God squad" patrolled by this new patron saint, Nicholas of Myra, who required good behavior in exchange for decent gift-giving, fourth century parents began brainwashing their youngsters into the illusion that this dead saint was busy keeping track of everybody: who was naughty, who was nice.
		[Additional evidence that Valentine was a real person: archaeologists have unearthed a Roman catacomb and an ancient church dedicated to Saint Valentine.] Alongside a woodcut portrait of him, text states that Valentinus was a Roman priest martyred during the reign of Claudius the Goth [Claudius II].
	members.aol.com /nonstopny/valentin/saintval.htm (1263 words)

	The History Channel - The History of Valentine's Day
		One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome.
		Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret.
		Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure.
	www.historychannel.com /exhibits/valentine?page=history (335 words)

	Sun.Star Cebu - Nalzaro: Saint Valentine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Valentine’s Day honors St. Valentine, the patron of lovers who was a priest from Rome.
		Valentine was arrested and beaten with clubs during the persecution of Emperor Claudius 11.
		The name Valentine signifies valor, and for many centuries lovers appealed to him for courage and strength when facing difficulties in their love affairs.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2004/02/14/oped/bobby.g..nalzaro.html (501 words)

	Saint Valentine
		Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine".
		Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius.
		He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off.
	www.pictureframes.co.uk /pages/saint_valentine.htm (1281 words)

	Valentine Be Mine! Origins of Valentine's Day
		Valentine was revered by the young and old, rich and poor, with people of all walks of life attending his services.
		Valentine thought this to be unfair and secretly married several couples.
		While Valentine was in prison he cured a jailer's daughter of blindness.
	www.techdirect.com /valentine/origin.html (927 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Valentine
		One is described as a priest at Rome, another as bishop of Interamna (modern Terni), and these two seem both to have suffered in the second half of the third century and to have been buried on the Flaminian Way, but at different distances from the city.
		The name seems to have been taken from a small church dedicated to the saint which was in the immediate neighborhood.
		Of both these St. Valentines some sort of Acta are preserved but they are of relatively late date and of no historical value.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15254a.htm (415 words)

	Catholic Online
		Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II.
		Whoever he was, Valentine really existed because archaeologists have unearthed a Roman catacomb and an ancient church dedicated to Saint Valentine.
		Valentine was a Priest, martyred in 269 at Rome and was buried on the Flaminian Way.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=159 (646 words)

	Holidays & Festivals > Valentine's Day
		Valentine's Day is named in honor of Saint Valentine, who lived during the Roman times.
		There is a belief that when Valentine died, he left a note to his jail keeper's daughter which was signed, "Your Valentine." People have been sending similar messages to their loved ones since then.
		Valentine was a great Christian who worked as a priest and a noble man. When St. Valentine was alive, the Roman Emperor, Claudius II, would arrest the Christians.
	www.internet-at-work.com /hos_mcgrane/holidays/2_melissa.html (635 words)

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