Saint Valentine

Saint Valentine
Depicts Saint Valentine and his disciples
Died	c. 269[1]
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheran Church
Feast	February 14 (Roman Catholic Church) July 30 (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Attributes	birds; roses; bishop with a crippled or epileptic child at his feet; bishop with a rooster nearby; bishop refusing to adore an idol; bishop being beheaded; priest bearing a sword; priest holding a sun; priest giving sight to a blind girl[1]
Patronage	affianced couples, against fainting, bee keepers, happy marriages, love, plague, epileptics[1]

Saint Valentine is the name of many martyred saints that lived in Ancient Rome. At least three different people named Valentine are said to have died on the 14th of February.^[2] Even though nobody knows who exactly Valentine was and where he came from, it has been confirmed that he existed because archaeologists discovered a church dedicated to Valentine.^[3]

In the Catholic church, Valentine was the patron of love, young people, and happy marriages.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Jones, Terry, Saint Valentine of Rome, retrieved 21 January 2010
2. ↑ Knight, Kevin (2009), "Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Valentine", New Advent, retrieved 21 January 2010
3. ↑ "St. Valentine - Saints & Angles", Catholic Online, 2010, retrieved 21 January 2010