Many early Christian martyrs were named Valentine. Day Valentine's Day to honor the Feb. 14 Valentine of Rome (VSERP Valentine. M. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (ep Valentine. Interamnensis m. Romae) . St. Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who was martyred around the year 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. His relics are in the Church of St. Praxedes in Rome and Whitefriar Carmen Street Church in Dublin, Ireland.
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Saint Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about the year 197 and was martyred during the persecution of Emperor Aurelian. He is 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 (Basilica di San Valentino) .
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Saint Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about the year 197 and was martyred during the persecution of Emperor Aurelian. He is 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 (Basilica di San Valentino) .
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The Catholic Encyclopedia also speaks of a third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in the beginning martyrologies dated 14 February. He was martyred in Africa with a number of colleagues, but nothing more is known of him.
No romantic element is in the original medieval biographies of either of these martyrs. At the time Valentine linked to romance in the 14 th century, distinctions between Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni is completely lost .
In the 1969 revision of the Catholic calendar of saints, the feast of St. Valentine on February 14 has been removed from the Roman general programming and relegated to particular calendars (local or national) for the following reason: "Though the memorial Valentine is ancient, is left to particular calendars, since, besides its name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on 14 February. The day is still celebrated in Balzan (Malta), where the relics of the saint are claimed to find, and also in the world by traditionalist Catholics who follow the older, pre-Vatican II calendar. February 14 is celebrated Valentine's Day in other Christian denominations he has done, for example, the range of "remembrance" in the calendar of the Church of England and other parts of the Anglican Communion .