St. Valentine: How a beheaded martyr became the patron saint of …

February 14, 2025

The St. Valentine celebrated today may have been two different people. One account holds that St. Valentine was a priest in Rome, and the other says he was a bishop of Interamna (modern-day Terni). Both of these men were persecuted and ultimately killed for their faith, and buried somewhere along the Flaminian Way.

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