Accessed 11 Feb. 2025. "SAINT VALENTINE. Late 3rd Century Christian Martyr. Woodcut from an Alsatian Plague Sheet, C1470-80, Invoking Saint Valentine to Protect the Purchaser from the Plague." ...

Saint Valentine's feast could have been a replacement ... He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but Valentine's martyrdom for his religion is what strongly resonated with ...

Powerful Saint Valentine, who gave us a true lesson of Christian life carried to heroism, to martyrdom, to the fullest identification with Christ. You, who were endowed with virtue and wisdom ...

A prisoner named "Valentine" was said in one tale to have written a note signed "from your Valentine" to his jailer's daughter, according to the Feb. 13, 2024, article.

The martyr's signature of "your Valentine ... the pontiff replaced outlawed Lupercalia and is said to have replaced it with St. Valentine's Day at the end of the fifth century, and to be ...