It’s February again, and Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. Although widely celebrated in most parts of the world, not everybody knows its origins. In truth, the highly popular and seemingly all-secular feast takes its name from the day of martyrdom of St. Valentine, a third-century Roman priest. In reality, there were other Valentines. Aside from the priest who was martyred in the year 269 in Rome, the other one was a bishop of Interamna (modern Terni, Italy) who also died a martyr in the year 273.
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