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St. Valentine was no patron of love
Lisa Bitel, The Conversation
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
There were several Valentines canonized in the Church. We know this because an order of Belgian monks (Bollandists) spent three centuries collecting evidence for the lives of saints, and they discovered information about the martyrdom of men with that name on February 14. However, the association with romance seems to have come from Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales.