It’s coming. Want it or not, it’s coming. That day in February that we all know as Saint Valentine’s Day. Not everyone celebrates it, but many do. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine’s cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery.
Sending valentines is not as new a tradition as some might think. It was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain. In 1847 Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards.
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Some might think that the holiday is in memory of only one Saint Valentine. In reality, numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine. The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Romeand and Valentine of Terni .
Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who was martyred about AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. His relics are at the Church of Saint Praxed in Rome. and at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland.
Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 197 and is said to have been martyred during the persecution under Emperor Aurelian. He is also buried on the Via Flaminia, but in a different location than Valentine of Rome. His relics are at the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni.
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