ST. VALENTINE P.O

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What is St. Valentines Day ?

• Every February we celebrate Valentine's Day by
  giving flowers, sweets and cards to those we
  love. We do this in honour of Saint Valentine.
  You may be wondering, "Who is St. Valentine"?
  Time to brush up on your Valentine's history!

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Rome

• Valentine was a priest who lived in third
  century Rome. There was an Emperor at that time
  by the name of Claudius II. He decided that
  single men made better soldiers than those who
  were married. He outlawed marriage for young men
  in hopes of building a stronger army.

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Valentine's actions

• Valentine, decided this decree just wasn't fair
  and chose to marry young couples secretly. When
  Emperor Claudius II found out about Valentine's
  actions he had him put to death.

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The Carmelties.

• The remains of St Valentine are in Whitefriar
  Street, in Dublin, in the Carmelite church. Fr
  John Spratt ,a Carmelite visited Rome in 1835,
  and was so good at preaching that Pope Gregory
  XVI decided to make his Church a gift of St
  Valentine's body, then in a cemetery in Rome.

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In Dublin

• The remains of Valentine were brought to
  Whitefriar Street Church in 1836, and since that
  date have been venerated there, especially around
  the time of the Saint's Feast Day, February 14th.