Valentinus was a common enough name in the Roman Empire that no fewer than seven, distinct saints bearing this name can be found on various Christian saints and martyrs rolls, according to Louis A. Ruprecht Jr., religion scholar at Georgia State University in Atlanta.
Via Religion Dispatches, read more about these Sts. Valentinus from Ruprecht, who asks, "How have we gone from a beheaded priest to a giddy worldwide day of romantic love? In a word: the widespread conviction that love is a dizzying sacrifice."
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