February 14

Saint Valentine was a bishop and is thought to have been a physician. He was arrested for giving aid to Christian prisoners awaiting martyrdom. While imprisoned he converted the jailer by restoring sight to the jailer's daughter. Saint Valentine refused to deny Christ before the Emperor Claudius in the year 280 and won the jeweled crown of martyrdom by his faithful witness. The feast of Saint Valentine was first established in 496 by Pope Gelasius I.


Prayer to St. Valentine...
O Saint Valentine, lover of Christ and of the Church, we ask your intercession that we may learn how to love God above all things, and to selflessly love one another. O glorious Saint Valentine, pray for us, that we too may have the steadfast faith of the martyrs. Amen.