Saint Valentine

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Christian martyr legendary figure saint

Saint Valentine is a Christian martyr and legendary figure most widely known as the patron saint of love, whose feast day on February 14 inspired the modern celebration of Valentine’s Day.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Saint Valentine of Terni 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ
saint ⓘ
associatedWith Valentine's Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
exchange of gifts on February 14 ⓘ
exchange of love letters ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
commemoratedBy liturgical celebrations on February 14 ⓘ
commemoratedIn hagiographies ⓘ
medieval poetry ⓘ
popular folklore ⓘ
cultDeveloped Late Antiquity ⓘ
cultFlourished Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCause martyrdom ⓘ
diedIn Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
diedUnder Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
persecution of Christians ⓘ
feastDay February 14 ⓘ
hasFeastIn General Roman Calendar (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
inspired modern celebration of Valentine's Day ⓘ
legend defied an imperial ban on marriage for soldiers ⓘ
healed the blind daughter of his jailer ⓘ
performed secret Christian marriages ⓘ
sent a farewell note signed 'from your Valentine' ⓘ
nameDay February 14 ⓘ
numberOfHistoricalFiguresAssociated multiple ⓘ
patronage beekeepers ⓘ
engaged couples ⓘ
epilepsy ⓘ
happy marriages ⓘ
love ⓘ
possibleOccupation bishop ⓘ
priest ⓘ
reasonForRemovalFromCalendar historical uncertainty ⓘ
relicsClaimedAt Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin, Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Terni NERFINISHED ⓘ
other European churches ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
removedFromGeneralRomanCalendar 1969 ⓘ
symbol birds ⓘ
hearts ⓘ
roses ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Church

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Valentine → associatedWith → Saint Valentine ⓘ
Cerro San Valentín → namedAfter → Saint Valentine ⓘ
Terni → hasPatronSaint → Saint Valentine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Valentine of Terni
Montebelluna → hasPatronSaint → Saint Valentine ⓘ
Valentine's Day → namedAfter → Saint Valentine ⓘ
Valentin → hasNameDayRelatedTo → Saint Valentine ⓘ
Valentina → nameDayAssociatedWith → Saint Valentine ⓘ