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• Pope Valentine —     Pope Valentine     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Valentine     Date of birth unknown; died about October, 827. Valentine was by birth was Roman, belonging to the Via Lata district. While still a youth he entered the service of the Church.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Valentine —     Pope Valentine     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Valentine     Date of birth unknown; died about October, 827. Valentine was by birth was Roman, belonging to the Via Lata district. While still a youth he entered the service of the Church.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Valentine — may refer to: *A card or gift given on Valentine s Day *A person who gives or receives such an itemPlacesUnited States*Valentine, Indiana *Valentine, Nebraska *Valentine, Texas Australia*Valentine, New South Wales, a suburb of Lake… …   Wikipedia

• Valentine's Day — n. short for SAINT VALENTINE S DAY * * * Lovers holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. Valentine is considered the patron of lovers and especially of those… …   Universalium

• Pope St. Victor I —     Pope St. Victor I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Victor I     (189 198 or 199), date of birth unknown. The Liber Pontificalis makes him a native of Africa and gives his father the name of Felix. This authority, taking the Liberian… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Saint Julius I —     Pope St. Julius I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Julius I     (337 352).     The immediate successor of Pope Silvester, Arcus, ruled the Roman Church for only a very short period from 18 January to 7 October, 336 and after his death… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope St. Anicetus —     Pope St. Anicetus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Anicetus     The Roman Pontiff who succeeded Pius towards the year 157, and reigned till about 168. According to Duchesne (Origins) the confusion of dates about this period is such that …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope St. Hyginus —     Pope St. Hyginus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Hyginus     Reigned about 138 142; succeeded Pope Telesphorus, who, according to Eusebius (Hist. eccl., IV, xv), died during the first year of the reign of the Emperor Antonius Pius in… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Valentine's Day — Infobox Holiday| holiday name=Valentine s Day caption=Traditional symbols of Valentine s Day include hearts, doves, Cupid, and love notes. American postcard, circa 1900. observedby=Western and Western influenced cultures date=February 14 nickname …   Wikipedia

• valentine — /val euhn tuyn /, n. 1. a card or message, usually amatory or sentimental but sometimes satirical or comical, or a token or gift sent by one person to another on Valentine Day, sometimes anonymously. 2. a sweetheart chosen or greeted on this day …   Universalium