Saint Valentine
3rd-century Roman Christian saint (175-273) · Doctors · Died at 98
Saint Valentine is read about 631 times a day, in 68 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 27 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A 3rd-century Roman clergyman martyred for ministering to persecuted Christians, his February 14 feast day somehow became the Western world's template for romantic love - a medieval pivot that turned a martyr's death into Valentine's Day.
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About this person
He was either a priest or a bishop in the Roman Empire, tending to Christians under persecution until his execution. His body was buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14, a date observed as his feast since at least the eighth century. By the High Middle Ages, that commemoration had fused with courtly love tradition, though the link remains historically murky. His skull, crowned with flowers, sits in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome; other relics draw pilgrims to Dublin's Whitefriar Street church, especially those hunting love. He's also patron saint of Terni, epilepsy, and beekeepers. In 1969 the Catholic Church pulled him from the General Roman Calendar, though he remains a recognized saint and local calendars still mark the day.
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