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February 14, 2013

St. Valentine: The stuff of legend is matter of prayer in Italian town

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, concludes a special Mass for engaged couples at the Basilica of St. Valentine in Terni, Italy, Feb. 10. Couples pledged their love to each other during the annual "promise Ma ss," held in advance of Valentine's Day. While some details of St. Valentine's life are lost to history, the local diocese believes he was the martyred 3rd-century bishop of Terni.

TERNI, Italy - The liturgical feast of St. Valentine, removed from general Church calendar in the late 1960s, continues to be celebrated with special Masses, a marathon and fireworks in Terni, which claims the saint as its former bishop.

Published in International