See also:

• VALENTINE, or VALENTINUS

VALENTINE, or See also:

• VALENTINUS

VALENTINUS  , the name of a considerable number of See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints . The most celebrated are the two martyrs whose festivals fall on the 14th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February—the one, a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, the other, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• TERNI (anc. Interamna Nahars)

Terni (Interamna) . The See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

Passion of the former is See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of SS . See also:

• MARIUS, GAIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

Marius and Martha and their companions; that of the latter has no better See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation: so that no See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument can be See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from either See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account to establish the differentiation of the two saints . It would appear from the two accounts that both belonged to the same See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, i.e. to the reign of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius (Gothicus); that both died on the same See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day; and that both were buried on the Via See also:

• FLAMINIA, VIA

Flaminia, but at different distances from See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . The Marlyrologium Hieronymianum mentions only one See also:

• VALENTINUS

Valentinus: " Interamnae miliario LXIIII. via Flaminia natale Valentini." It is probable that the See also:

• BASILICA

basilica situated at the second milestone on the Via Flaminia was also dedicated to him . It is impossible to See also:

• FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix the date of his See also:

• DEATH

death . The St Valentinus who is spoken of as the apostle of Rhaetia, and venerated in See also:

• PASSAU

Passau as its first bishop, flourished in the 5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Although the name of St See also:

• VALENTINE, or VALENTINUS

Valentine is very popular in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, apparently no See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church has been dedicated to him . For the See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar observances that used to be commonly connected with St Valentine's See also:

• EVE

Eve and Day, to which allusion is frequently made by See also:

• ENGLISH

English writers, such See also:

• WORKS

works as See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BRAND, JOHN (1744-1806)
• BRAND, SIR JOHN HENRY (1823-1888)

Brand's Popular Antiquities (edited by W . C . See also:

• HAZLITT, WILLIAM (1778-1830)

Hazlitt, vol. ii. pp .

6o6-r 1, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1905), W . See also:

• HONE (in O. Eng. han, cognate with Swed. hen ; the root appears in Skt. gdna, co to sharpen)
• HONE, NATHANIEL (1718-1784)
• HONE, WILLIAM (1780-1842)

Hone's Every-Day See also:

• BOOK

Book, and See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

Chambers's Book of Days may be consulted . Their appropriateness to the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season is, in a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general way perhaps, obvious enough, but the association of the lovers' festival with St Valentine seems to be purely accidental.' See Acta Sanctorum, February, ii . 753, 756, and See also:

• JANUARY

January, i . I094; G . B. de See also:

• ROSSI, LUIGI DE
• ROSSI, PELLEGRINO LUIGI EDOARDO, COUNT (1787-1848)

Rossi, Bullettino di archeologia cristiana (1871), p. See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot and (1878) p . 59 . (H .