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 | | He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome; who, on finding all his premises to make him renounce his faith, ineffectual, commended him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards to be beheaded, which was executed on the 14th of February, about the year 270. |
 | | Pope Julius I is said to have built a church near Ponte Mole to his memory, which for a long time gave name to the gate, now called Porta del Popolo, formerly Porta Valentini. |
 | | Annually on this day, the golden casket containing those relics is "carried in solemn procession to the high altar of the Carmelite Church for a special Mass dedicated to young people and those in love": http://www.aoh.com/history/archive/valentine.htm |
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