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  • Over the years St Valentine has come incorrectly to be associated with finding love, the Church says.

    A Dance to the Music of Life 2009

  • Over the years St Valentine has come incorrectly to be associated with finding love, the Church says.

    2009 February « A Dance to the Music of Life 2009

  • In the 5th Century, with apologies to all, what had been the Lupercalia when young men ran naked thru the streets of Rome with straps and floggers, and hit young women gently of course — at first on their outstretched hands and finally on any part of their unclad bodies they could reach, became the feast of St Valentine and moved one day before the Ides as it had been for centuries.

    Think Progress » O’Reilly Revives The War On Christmas 2006

  • I've been saying 'there's always next year' since I was 17 - which is when aside from the annual dispiriting rummage in my boarding school pigeonhole my relationship with St Valentine began.

    Evening Standard - Home Sam Leith 2012

  • These are the questions asked by a team of psychologists led by Eli Finkel of Northwestern University, in Illinois, in a paper released-probably not coincidentally-a few days before St Valentine's day.

    The Economist: Daily news and views 2012

  • According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person.

    Progressive Bloggers Mortons Musings 2010

  • According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person.

    Progressive Bloggers Mortons Musings 2010

  • The legend of St Valentine is a tale of true love that transcends mere sentiment.

    Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines 2010

  • According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person.

    Liblogs.ca latest blog entries 2010

  • According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person.

    Progressive Bloggers Mortons Musings 2010

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