St. Valentine
Patron of Love, Young People, Happy Marriages
Died: 269
Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make him renounce his faith ineffectual, commanded him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards, to be beheaded, which was executed on February 14, about the year 270. Pope Julius I is said to have built a church near Ponte Mole to his memory, which for a long time gave name to the gate now called Porta del Popolo, formerly, Porta Valetini. The greatest part of his relics are now in the church of St. Praxedes. His name is celebrated as that of an illustrious martyr in the sacramentary of St. Gregory, the Roman Missal of Thomasius, in the calendar of F. Fronto and that of Allatius, in Bede, Usuard, Ado, Notker and all other martyrologies on this day. To abolish the heathens lewd superstitious custom of boys drawing the names of girls, in honor of their goddess Februata Juno, on the fifteenth of this month, several zealous pastors substituted the names of saints in billets given on this day.
The Origin of St. Valentine
The origin of St. Valentine, and how many St. Valentines there were, remains a mystery. One opinion is that he was a Roman martyred for refusing to give up his Christian faith. Other historians hold that St. Valentine was a temple priest jailed for defiance during the reign of Claudius. Whoever he was, Valentine really existed because archaeologists have unearthed a Roman catacomb and an ancient church dedicated to Saint Valentine. In 496 AD Pope Gelasius marked February 14th as a celebration in honor of his martyrdom.
The first representation of Saint Valentine appeared in a The Nuremberg Chronicle, a great illustrated book printed in 1493. [Additional evidence that Valentine was a real person: archaeologists have unearthed a Roman catacomb and an ancient church dedicated to Saint Valentine.] Alongside a woodcut portrait of him, text states that Valentinus was a Roman priest martyred during the reign of Claudius the Goth [Claudius II]. Since he was caught marrying Christian couples and aiding any Christians who were being persecuted under Emperor Claudius in Rome [when helping them was considered a crime], Valentinus was arrested and imprisoned. Claudius took a liking to this prisoner -- until Valentinus made a strategic error: he tried to convert the Emperor -- whereupon this priest was condemned to death. He was beaten with clubs and stoned; when that didn't do it, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate [circa 269].
Saints are not supposed to rest in peace; they're expected to keep busy: to perform miracles, to intercede. Being in jail or dead is no excuse for non-performance of the supernatural. One legend says, while awaiting his execution, Valentinus restored the sight of his jailer's blind daughter. Another legend says, on the eve of his death, he penned a farewell note to the jailer's daughter, signing it, "From your Valentine."
St. Valentine was a Priest, martyred in 269 at Rome and was buried on the Flaminian Way. He is the Patron Saint of affianced couples, bee keepers, engaged couples, epilepsy, fainting, greetings, happy marriages, love, lovers, plague, travellers, young people. He is represented in pictures with birds and roses.
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True love comes from the heart...it is within every human being. Love is so powerful that it cuts through anger, dissolves hate, brings inspiration and hope. Yet too many of are preoccupied by what "I" should have and "I" haven't got. Just follow your heart; not the perceptions of your mind about the world around you. God Bless _/\_
Dear Saint Valentine, please hear my prayer and petition in finding my one true love and soulmate. I've tried a few times, but everyone just seems to end up hurting me. My heart has been beyond broken...it was shattered...and currently it's mending, but I worry that it won't ever be completely healed. I don't want to feel this constant ache in my heart and of feeling alone and lonely. Everyone always tells me that I need and deserve a really good boy, but why can't I find him? I just seem to meet people that end up breaking my heart. I honestly think that bcs is still my soulmate. If he is, I pray that you help us find our way back to each other. That he realizes how much he hurt me and who I am in his life. Whoever my soulmate is, I pray everyday that we find each other soon, but I sometimes worry that I may never meet him. I am ready to meet my soulmate and finally be happy in my life. I am ready to meet the person who will love me unconditionally, be my best friend, take care of me, share his life with me, and will try his best to not hurt me, as I will do the same. For us to fall in love, get married, have a family, and just have a beautiful life together. Please Saint Valentine, answer my prayer soon. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
True love and happiness comes from within your self. If you believe St. Valentine will help you, he will. Am I a descendant of St. Valentine, possibly. My grandfather Alfredo Valentino came from Rome to the U.S. in 1906. My father Nicholas Valentine changed the name back to Valentine because he said it was correct. If you do not have true love and happiness you can change it. If you believe you can you will. Do my wife and I have true love and happiness, Absolutely.
St. Valentine, I just wanted to take a moment to unite the deepest desire of my heart with the prayers of all the others who are looking to you today. I have been alone for so long, and I don't want to be alone any longer. I know that I am ready. I may not be ready for marriage and the whole entire future that is to come for me. But I know that I am ready to at least begin on that journey. I am ready to love someone. And I am ready to accept their love in return. I want to be happy. I want to be full and complete. I know that I can get there without a man, but I also know that I want someone to share my future with. Please don't forget me. Amen
Dear Saint Valentine, I came across this page, while searching for the real story of St. Valentine’s Day. I was pretty familiar with it but I wanted to brush up on the story, so I could relate the story to others. After going through the story I read the comments, it sounds like there are a lot of people who need help. It sounds like there are a lot of people who maybe need your intercession in ways they may not like. You and I both know that not every “relationship” is meant to be, and people really hurt themselves sometimes “loving” people who will never or don’t “love” them. For all the lonely people out there I pray. I’m ok with my relationship right now, but if my love would better serve another woman then if you want to help me see that then go ahead… or if I should be with the woman I am with now please pray for us that our love continues to grow. In either case, may the will of the father be done. While reading the comments though, I feel the need to bring up a prayer for a certain forgotten lot of people. A people that you can have some empathy with I am sure. I speak of all the Men and Woman in jail and prison this your feast day in the 2012th year of Our Lord. Our Lord told his disciples (that should be us too) that we shall be judged on what we do to the least of our brothers, this includes those who are incarcerated! It’s easy for us to look the other way, but there are MILLIONS of Men and Woman in prison right now in this country… Perhaps some of these people “should” be in prison but I think there are many who would love nothing more then to be able to contribute to society, or be home with their family, to be their with their loved ones. On this your feast day St. Valentine I ask that you continue to pray for those of us who are the victims of injustice in this world. Perhaps, you can open the eyes of people to the soul crushing industry of the modern “justice” system. I think you, a prisoner; a “criminal” would have sympathy on us and intercede for those of us who have been made powerless by a society callously focused on punishment. I think I said about all I needed to say today, talk to you later. Love & Peace in Christ our Lord, The Druid Malachi
Dear St. Valentine, Please, hear my prayer, that I will be with my one love and soul mate. If not that it will be your's and Gods will. I don't want to be alone forever, please help me. Also, send my oldest daughter Yolanda her soul mate, if she is not with the right one right now, that she will have a lot of love and happiness in her life. Thank-you St. Valentine..............
God, Every good and perfect gift comes from you, you have created us for yourself, to share your divine life and to be a part in your love, i pray to you o God for all who have requested here for your help, God in your wisdom guide us and help us to take right decision, if we are in wrong help us to come out from it, and lead us to the right path, help each one here with a perfect gift and give them true joy. I pray for everyone here aswell as for me so, O God have mercy on us according to your goodness and give us our hearts desire, bless each one of us, lead and guide us with your spirit, Lord may our lives bear your message, our Lady pray for us, saint valentine pray for us, Saints in heaven pray for us. Amen
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I believe Saint Valentine was a priest that converted people to believe in God, and was beheaded for it. He really loved God. Young people should pray for a conversion to really follow their faith only then will they find a love that will be true. It's won't be perfect and will take a lot of giving, forgiving and commitement on both sides, and never giving up. Also keeping God in your marriage. And Marriage is a sacrament in the church which is between a man and a women. Marriage is a beautiful sacrament. Sometimes you need to let God take charge. Pray to Saint Valentine for a conversion. Start by attending church, going to communion, confession. Get involved in your religion. Do good. God won't lead you the wronge way. One small step in the right direction. Go on. Happy Saint Valentines Day. Spread the LOVE!..........
Dear St. Valentine, Please intercede for us to find a suitable match for our daughter Jainy. Thank You!
Dear St. Valentine, 1st I would like to say happy feast day to you!!! 2nd please help answer my prayer. Please reunite me back w/my soulmate R.S., please help him open his eyes n help him realize he made a big mistake by ending our relationship, please help him open his eyes n help him realize we belong together as one in the house of God, please let me hear from him asa, please have call/txt me asap n tell me that he still loves me n never stopped, that he wants me back in his life n never let us part, please reunite our love as one n bless us in holy matrimony, please bless us w/a healthy n happy marriage, relationship, but most importantly a family. Oh St Valentine, saint of love please help answer my prayer, my wish n my dream n reunite me back w/my soulmate R.S. n never let us part. I am head over heels in love w/him n I would do anything for me prayer to come true, please I am begging u from the bottom of my heart n soul for ur help. Please help answer my prayer. I thank u n love u! AMEN!!
Please St Valentine find me a good man to fall in love with me and me to fall in love with him and to marry. I offer my request to the heavenly father.x
Love to all on St Valentine's Day, It is true that the Saints are God's messengers and they intercede for us and they even answer prayers with God's help. St Valentine wants today, his Feast Day, for more love to be on planet earth. Also, he is answering the prayers of all lovers who want true love on this day. So - in order to participate in the Blessing of St Valentine today: Make the sign of the Cross. Hail Mary, Our Father. Glory Be, then speak your love wish and intention and thank St Valentine, the Patron Saint of Lovers to answer your prayer today. Or give you a clear miracle sign it is on its way to you on this day. Sending love to all. Ask you and you shall receive. I ask that kc shows up in my life as my husband and partner in life & love for our happiness and the good of all. Thank you!
Dear St Valentine I have 3 childrenn. The youngest has a god fearing boyfriend so please bless thier friendship. my older son and daughter have not settled for any relationship as yet please send them god fearing boy and a girl in their lives so they can begin their friendship of love and understanding in the fear of our Lord. My husband and I are married for 30 years continue to bless our marriage. Love and God Bless.
Please that I get the person I am looking for as my life partner. I should be very very happy with that person
Saint Valentine, Please send a special blessing down to everyone that honors you in any way. Please make their sweet dreams come true. We will see you in heaven! :)
St. Valentine,i nid a man who wuld want 2 get 2knw me n undastnd me,nt d 1 dat wuld want me 2 always take his words n bend 2 his own rules witout bending 2 mine sumtimes. If "O" is d 1 4 me,touch him so dat he'll knw dat am a woman n av feelings..Amen.
St. Valentine,i nid a man who wuld want 2 get 2knw me n undastnd me,nt d 1 dat wuld want me 2 always take his words n bend 2 his own rules witout bending 2 mine sumtimes. If "O" is d 1 4 me,touch him so dat he'll knw dat am a woman n av feelings..Amen.
Dear St Valentine, i am looking for true love in my life, and it's been really hard to find it because i became very picky and had a lot of relationships. I am not a good Christian but my dream is to have a Christian family and i will never give up... I ask God for forgiveness and for his mercy and ask you on this holy day to help me and teach me how to be humble and faithful and make a better person of me. Amen.
The site is worth the time! More light need be shed nonetheless. I pray that all who seek love find it. May 'love' that will do us little or no good not envelope us. Grace to all the Saints.
'' We build cathedrals to our pain, Establish Monuments to attain, Freedom from the scars and the sins, Lest we drown in the darkness within...''
St Valentine despite all the hardships and persecutions you still stood close to our LORD.I pray that on this day all visitors of this site shold have a special thought for my sister's future husband(my brother in law to be) who was born on this day and is named after this special Saint.He has plans to officilalise his relationship with my sister this year but has some financial constraints.Also i wish you all have a special thought for all the sufferng children in Africa.Happy Valentine's day to all and GOD's richest Blessings.
My Fiance he dont like to stay with me when he come from Job i dont know why, when i m ask why he do samething like also he dont like to answer me
Pls, st Valentime pray for me am into a relationship with prisca,pls arest her luv to me to build a happy christian family home
Dear Saint Valentine, please pray for us all that we may live a better life on earth just as yourself in Jesus name we pray..... Amen.
St. Valentine, I pray that you protect my loved ones from temptation, evil, and sin. I pray for their salvation. May the Holy Spirit live in them. On this day of love and friendship, I ask that you intercede for me. I wish to find the husband that God has destined for me. My heart's desire is to marry and have children. I want to have a marriage that honors and glorifies God. If it's God's will for Anthony and I to marry, then please pray that he gets right with God and comes back to me ready for the sacrament of marriage. But if he's not the one that God has as my future husband, I pray that I am healed from this heartbreak and that the romantic feelings I have for him are removed this very day. And I pray that my future husband soon enters my life and that I will recognize that he's the one. I pray that while I wait on my future mate, I keep my eyes fixed on my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I pray that I can identify whatever areas in my life are broken or need improvement, that through God's supernatural strength I can become a better Christian and future help meet and mother. Thank you, Jesus for your unconditional love. Thank you, Saint Valentine for interceding on my behalf. Blessings, peace, and love to all. AMEN.
I pray to st.valentine please pray to God for my family that may live long angd for me also that may i get spiritual life partner.
St. Valentine please ask God to help us love and find who we are truly meant to be with and not to waste our time with romances that are not destined to last. I would dearly love for "J" to be ok and to be the one that God wants me to be with but that may not be Gods' Will so help me forget him and anyone romantically if they are not right for me. Help me and mine find our one true loves and please protect us and keep us all safe. May God make us all WAKE UP TO OURSELVES NOW and please help J get over his addiction now and go back to Christ. God Bless and Lots of Love. Please work with St. Raphael and THe Blessed Holy Family for me and mine to be happy, healthy and Holy now and always and I mean J and all I know aswell. Hallelujah!
Dear St. Valentine, I am praying to you because your prayers are needed. I've dated this man for almost 2 years. Things fell apart last week. He has been unfaithful and seems to have lost the idea of what love really is. For months he has seemed depressed but said nothing was wrong. Ive been worried sick about him the past week and decided to reconcile things with him. We are meeting at church tomorrow, on St. Valentine's Day. I pray that he becomes more faithful and takes the right path in life. I also pray that if it is meant to be, our strong, loving feelings for one another will come back. If not, I pray I can help him become a better person for the next woman in his life through love and support. I don't want him to be alone in life. I want him to be happy and live life to the fullest. Amen.
Dear ST Valentine, Pray for my daughter and all the young people that are under moral attack. Please pray specially for her. She is dating a young man that is thinking of becoming catholic. Help them stay true to GOD by maintaining pure until marrige. Please pray for them to have the will. Amen
Dear St Valentine, please pray for a permanent cure for all children suffering serious genetic defects and developmental delays. Amen.
St Valentine please pray for us Nigerians to love one another. Stop this killing of innocent soul of Nigerians.
St Valentine please send a good person that will be my future husband.
Saint Valentine, pary for me and my new wife for us to love,understand and cherish each other,and as we are join in love so shall we live forever in love
I would like to have Saint Valentine. I want have a wife, and i give to you this grace and i tanks in Jesus name..
St. Valentine, pls help those who need love...On the coming of your day, 14th Feb, those who need love the most shall be healed by your blessings!! Amen
St. Valentine I'm hoping for a miracle. Please intercede for us. My husband and I have been married for 20 years. We are going through a difficult time in our marriage and we really need help. We are imperfect humans and not divine. I realize we can't do this alone. I ask that you help my husband fight all evil influences/ways and comes back to me. Help heal his mind, heart and soul and see the love we have for each other. And help me be a better person and a more loving and respectful wife. Please help us restore our marriage. Amen.
Dear St. Valentine martyr in Heaven, I request a special Blessing for my marriage. We need help restoring our love and respect for each other. Please Bless our marriage! "Teach us to love unselfishly and to find great joy in giving. Enable all true lovers to bring out the best in each other in God and in each other." Amen.
Dear St. Valentine, I have alot of trouble finding the right guy every time i cross with a guy it seems to be the wrong one thats why i ask you to please guide me and help me find a guy that i can truly love and importantly for him to respect me and for him to value me and love me for who i am, Please I pray to you Amen
Dearest st. Valentine, pls I want u to help me find true love. I have bin in search for true love but have not been able to find. I trust that by your glorious intercession, my psayer will be granted.
our dear saints in heaven please pray for the whole world, never give up on changing us for the better. may the Lord Jesus Christ hear your prayer. Bless specially the children who suffer at their young age. rescue them with the help of good people. teach us to take care of the environment before its too late. In Jesus name amen.
St. Valentine please pray for me and the man you have brought into my life. If it be the will of the Father, may our friendship and love grow and blossom into a permanent bond, matrimony for us.
I would like to have San Valentine prayers can you send me some I would like to be part of it and please pray for me to have a better life love thank you
oh saint valentine...I require your kidn help and trust that you shall hear me..pls bless my love life and take all the blocks that exist in it..pls make my rlationship wokr pls bless the guy I love n take away all blocks that arre stoing it from working...I need to marry sooon/..bless my life abundantly with love...pls ask lord jesus to help me...hear my cries ..
I would appreciate if you could response the below hints..... 1) I want to know just a brief biography of st valentine. 2) Is st valentine is a romantic priest or religious priest??? 3) Why do we observed feb 14 as st valentine's day??
Dear Saint Valentine please bring Eddie back to me. I’m not giving up on our love, its been 18 years. And I still love him and I know he still loves me. Please intercede on my behalf and ask God to grant my petition. Please pray until it happens. I pray that he opens his eyes and sees that he is not happy with the woman he is with now. Touch his heart for love for me. Please bring him back, Saint Jude, Saint Ellena, and Saint Rita, please help Saint Valentine with my petition. Love you guys and thank you very much. I pray to be reunited with Eddie with a perfect love for eachother In Jesus name. amen
God, Every good and perfect gift comes from you, you have created us for yourself, to share your divine life and to be a part in your love, i pray to you o God for all who have requested here for your help, God in your wisdom guide us and help us to take right decision, if we are in wrong help us to come out from it, and lead us to the right path, help each one here with a perfect gift and give them true joy. I pray for everyone here aswell as for me so, O God have mercy on us according to your goodness and give us our hearts desire, bless each one of us, lead and guide us with your spirit, Lord may our lives bear your message, our Lady pray for us, saint valentine pray for us, Saints in heaven pray for us. Amen
St. Valentine, please intercede to the holy father for the love that I am praying with all hy heart will forgive me..and come back. We were very much in love, and fought due to many issues that should not have split us up. I love her, and am not whole without her. Please help her find her way back to me. If not to marry. Then to be a friend. She was my firend before she was anything else..amen
Dear Saint Valentine, I pray to you to loving intercede for my wife and I and our troubled marriage. To help us find the true love of Jesus Christ and to see his true love in each other. That our love may grow in Christ and that our love may grow in each other. To embrace charity and to reflect charity to others by the grace of Almighty God our Father. As you help those who came to you in love, help us also find that love that first drew us together. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our true love, Amen!
St Valentine, hear my prayer, and intercede for me at the throne of God,. Please, God if it be your will please send a wonderful man into my life. One who is kind, compassionate, Christ centered, loving, and able to care for me, look after me, adore me and respect me. Someone I can care for, love and spend the rest of my life with. Please Lord, I need a companion and help mate. Lord, you know my need. If it be thy will Lord, and St Valentine help me. AMEN
Saint Valentine pls help me to find true love and make my sister's forth coming marriage successful. AMEN
st.valentine pls help me get back to the girl i love the most in this whole world. she is going thru hardships and start to fed up with life pls st.valentine hear my prayers and remove all her hardships and make her love me more i really really want to marry her and want to live with her till my last breath. st.valentine pls pray for me to god the almighty for my love and help me save the relationship i cant live without her she is amazing and perfect for me pls st.valentine help me get back with my soulmate nathiya. pls st.valentine i pray to u lord jesus christ. amen
I chose him to do my report on! Any other facts you can give me?!
st.valentine pls am in luv wit lovelyn pls show me d right parth 2 follow nd d place God has called me dis i pray
St. Valentine, please pray for me, am waiting for my happy ending and I am hopeful it is just around the corner. Can't wait for that to happen and for the experience, for the butterflies in my stomach, the blushing, the constant smiling, and best of all to be able to say I love yous. Thank you :-)
I have fallen deep in love with the man I have been dating for a year. He has not moved on from a past lover, please Saint Valentine, help him move on, help him recover fully. Help him to see the love I have for him. He is a gift from God to me, please do not take him away from me. I will pray everyday with hope in my heart. Please listen to my prayers.
Saint Valentine please help me intercede to God. I want to get married to the love of my life this year. I know that with God all things are possible even when I don't have any man in mind.
Dear Saint Valentine: It has been four years since Our Lord has called my beloved Frank to be with our Lord. I really miss him. Please help me to find someone who loves me for the way I am and for what I am and who shares in our Catholic Faith.
I lost my husband of 25 years 6 years and 8 months ago. I miss him everyday and no one will ever replace him but I am lonely. I pray that I find someone who will love me for who I am now.
I have trusted my heart in the past and had it broken, but today I put my trust in you St Valentine. Please open my eyes to see my true soul mate so I may have someone to grow old with. To you I pray.
My relationship with my girlfriend Jennifer is great. Nearly 7months...keep praying :)
DEAR SAINT VALENTINE, I AM ASKING YOU TO RESTORE MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY EX BOYFRIEND. I DATED HIM FOR 14 MONTHS, AND I BROKE UP WITH HIM BECAUSE WE FIGHT ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE HE WANTS EVERYTHING HIS WAY. HE IS A GOOD MAN THAT LOVES THE LORD, HOWEVER HE IS VERY STRICT. HE WANTS EVERYTHING TO BE HIS WAY. HE SAYS HE WILL COMPROMISE, BUT HE NEVER DOES. WE ARE BOTH STUBBORN AND WE BOTH WANT THINGS OUR WAY. HOWEVER, I AM WILLING TO COMPROMISE OR DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP. HE SAYS HE JUST WANTS THE BEST FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. THAT IS WHY HE IS SO STRICT. MY CHILDREN DO LIKE HIM, HOWEVER HE IS VERY STRICT, AND THEY DO NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT HE MAKES THEM DO CHORES. I LOVE HIM GOD, ONLY I NEVER REALLY SHOWED HIM, BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO GET HURT MYSELF. THEREFORE I WAS MEAN TO HIM, I WOULD YELL AT HIM AND TELL HIM MEAN THINGS, JUST SO THAT I COULD HURT HIM BEFORE HE HURT ME. I AM SO SORRY I EVER TREATED HIM LIKE THAT. I WAS SO STRESSED OUT BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE A JOB, AND HE ALSO DOES NOT HAVE A JOB, HE TRIES TO FIND A JOB BUT IT IS HARD FOR HIM BECAUSE HE HAS A FELONY. HE SAYS THAT I HAVE HURT HIM SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, THAT HE HAS HIS GUARD UP, BECAUSE HE DOES NOT WANT TO GET HURT AGAIN. NEITHER ONE OF US HAS EVER BEEN IN LOVE, AND WE OUR BOTH AFRAID TO LET OUR GUARD DOWN TO SHOW EACHOTHER THAT WE CARE ABUT ONE ANOTHER, FOR FEAR OF GETTING GETTING HURT. I REALIZE I WAS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I LET STRESS AND DEPRESSION TAKE OVER. I LOVE HIM WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL. I PRAY LORD THAT YOU WILL TOUCH CHADS HEART AND THAT HE WILL FORGIVE ME, AND LEARN TO TRUST ME AGAIN. I PRAY LORD THAT YOU WILL HELP CHAD REALIZE JUST HOW STRICT HE IS, AND HELP HIM TO WANT TO COMPROMISE TO SAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP. I PRAY LORD THAT YOU WILL STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU GOD AND THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WILL BE STRONGER THAN EVER. I PRAY GOD YOU WILL BLESS OUR RELATIONSHIP AND IT WILL BE A LASTING RELATIONSHIP. I PRAY GOD THAT YOU WILL BLESS CHAD WITH A JOB THAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT FOR HIM GOD, AND A JOB FOR ME THAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT FOR ME. IN JESUS NAME I ASK FOR THESE BLESSINGS TO BE GIVEN UNTO US. THANK YOU GOD IN ADVANCE FOR THESE BLESSINGS. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY, AMEN!
Dear Saint Valentine, please please please help me reconcile with the man I love. He stops texting me and I do not know why. I want you to eliminate all obstacles that are in front of us and get us close together forever. I am praying every night for him to understand and love me. I want to be seen from him. I was happy with him and he gives me all what I need. In Jesus name I pray. Please help me:)
Dear St. Valentine praton saint of love, please guide me and jerome should understand god's will and get united in holy matrimony . Let our parents should understand our love and help us by giving a strength to carry our cross ....
St. Valentine, there is a woman I love , yet recently she told me she just want to be friends. I know she is the right one for me. We still go out a lot still and we are just perfect for each other.I know its right. I believe she is my soumate and I am heartbroken. Please pray for me.
Saint Valentine, i am going through a rough spot with some one i love. she is very special to me and i need some help keeping her..thank you
St valentine, i am going through a difficult time with the one i love, and he is as well. Please help in removing all obstacles from Michael, hes a wonderful individual who deserves more
pls dear st valentine,the only person i luv call it quit with me some years back.pls i need a luv...someone who realy luv,care,cherish and luv me for who i am.someone who can make me happy for the rest of my life...pls intercede for me before God to pls have mercy on me and forgive me of all my sins...in jesus name.
St. Valentine, please help me win over my crush, a wonderful woman whom I have completely fallen for. I know she is going through a tough time in her life. Help me say a prayer for her as I would like nothing more than the opportunity for a chance to bring her happiness and give her the loving relationship she seeks. Amen.
Saint Valentine,Please help M and I to move forward together.Help M to focus on all the good we had together.I ask that you prompt M and I to communicate with one another again.Help M and I remove all obstacles that are between us .Help drive out this wedge between us.Help M and I to reconcile. Thankyou.
please pray for me to get back my love
Dear St. Valentine, Please pray for me to find love, friendship, and companionship in my life. Please pray that he is guided to me. Someone who will adore me as much as I do him!
Help me find my heart, Dear Saint.
Saint Valentine, please pray for me and the love of my life. Please pray for him as he handles the stress in his life and help him to realize the mistake he has made. Help him to come back to what we have so we can continue our lives together forever. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Saint Valentine, Please help me find my true love. Please lead me to him and lead him to me. I pray this in the name of Jesus. AMEN.
im on this for a saint project
Hey there everyone! ST VALENTINE ROCKS!! So excited to be doing this report on him!! Wooooooohhoooo!! I like woman(; hIT ME UPPP I am a man. Just in case there was confusion.
I was VERY pleased to see so much information on this saint who is so celebrated but not so well known
Saint Valentine, I am going through a really hard time right now with my girlfriend. We are struggling to make things work long distance. I just wanted to pray that you will help us. That you will get us through our tough times. That you will help us find peace with each other. I am very appreciative of you, and thank you.
Am writing a project on him, he was a very good man,so good that they made a day honored to him :D btw Jesus is life
St. Valentine please pray for us.Amen.
Dear Saint Valentine, Patron Saint of Love, please pray with me…God, Abba, please make that wonderful dream that You gave us at such a young age, soon be fully realized, so we can finally be back together again, for always. Please heal us both quickly. I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
St. Valentine, i am a young girl seeking the love of a boy who barely recognizes me. I am also working to become confermed in the Catholic church. Please St. Valentine, assist me in my love. I hope that you may become my Confermation saint, to aid me in love and happy marriage for all my life. Amen.
Please pray for my husband and I. We are separated and I want us to find the love that brought us together. We were married almost 6 years ago on Valentine's Day. Please pray for our reconcilliation.
Can you please help me with female names, as I am expecting my babies on the 15th of February. Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and God bless you
Once again dearest Saint Valentine you answered my cry within hours, the Lord heard your prayer for me and I so humbly thank you and the Lord. Praise Jesus! Thank you Mary thank you Saint Jude and all Saints!!!
Thank you Saint Valentine for your immediate help the other night, prompting contact from the one who I was hoping would lead to something lasting and good and true but that was last contact. I dont know what to think. Now enters a new possibility, and I dont want to hurt anyone but I'm tired of dates that lead to nowhere primarily because I know it's not right so I leave it alone. And the ex is around making me depressed because I tried so hard walked on eggshells for 5 years, jumped thru' eery hoop presented and he remained so mean behind closed doors. He's being nice now but his chances with me are long since used up and then some. I could never trust him again and he'll never change and that's fine for him as long as I stay far out of love with him. Saint Valentine please pray for me that THE best man for me and I the best woman for him, appears within DAYS, and if he's already in the picture or if he's not, I need us both to have a knowing feeling from the start or pretty soon thereafter, and that if it's J***, great but why didnt he call when he said or even text to give me a reason? Or if R**, I want God's will to be done and I'm trying to stop making up my mind because I need the Lord to do that for me, His will be done and be done now. (I come boldly in prayer as it says to do in the Bible.) Thank you ever so much Saint Valentine. I'm not even Catholic yet you heard my cry, I love you and the other saints. I should have been born Catholic right!? Bless anyone who reads this!!!!! You are in my prayers.
st. valentine please help me back my girl who is now confused regarding commitment, we are 2 years and 9 months already and suddenly she broke up with me and she said that she is tired of commitment..please help me..
dear st. Valentine pls.. pray for my vocation, for the good health and guidance to my Mother Estrella Dacer and my brother Allan Dacer with his Family and my sister Anabel Dacer with his family, for my Best friend jimpaulner grande with his family. to my friends, enemies, those who are angry and jealous to me, to my crush John Kenneth Benedict Lagula please pray for him also St. Valentine and Benedict Accept me in his life...
please help me get back my ex girl i love so much with all my heart. she is the girl i want to marry... please st valentine help me. thank you
Dear Saint Valentine, please pray for me.
st. valentine, please help me and the man i love.. lately we're not in good terms.. and we've been so happy with each other.. i know we could love each other more deeply.. please help us. :)
this website helped me with my homework :)
Please St. Valentine, please help me find the man of my dreams...I long for it so much. Thank You
St. Valentine, please pray that the man I'm falling in love with, feels as strongly for me as I do for him. Thank you.
St Valentine pls pray for me to find and be with my special someone or love of my life. Thanks..
St.Valentine Please Pray for me to Have the Lord's Guidance and Provisional Blessing in all that I am to do now. Whether to stay where I am or to go where the Lord desires me to. Please pray for my discernment and wisdom! Thank You and God Bless all of you!
Dear St.Valentine, please pray for me to be able to be with the man I love so much now. Amen
i was here i owe a lot of people this has helped thank you for that i will continue to move forward
I dont like how St.Valentine was condemned to death for helping other christians but that shows you how much he really cared about his faith and we as christians need to keep the faith as St.Valentine did for us especially the youth
Im not catholic, but i love saint valentine!!!!!!
I was praying today and a thought came to me. If we just had one day that everyone would strive to forgive those who offended them, even in the slightest way. Just forgive. And if it was also a day that one would try to love one another as written in Corinthians and how Jesus loves us. Just for one day. It would be amazing, it would be contagious. If we picked a day why not on Valentines day. Let Valentines Day represent the day of true love not of sex or obligations. True love if just for one day. Like the celebration of Christmas and how St Nicholas teaches us a generous heart. I just put it out there
I now have my patron saint for confirmation....thank you :)
This is very interesting, far more noble then the perverted sexual version of valentines day we see today. I wish all christians were as self-less and dedicated to their god as this man was. then perhaps, we could achieve a semi-world peace where many faiths could live in a semblance of harmony. -From a NON Chrisitan. Never was, never will be, but respect those who are. I Believe in your god to. There is ONLY ONE creator after all.
omg i love jesus mane i cud finally find duh love in my life
so much HW; history,English, Spelling, and i have to know my capitols...HELP!!! D:
This is an awsome oppertunity to find out the real b-day of mr.valentine and so much more.note:i am 11 years old and i am in fifth grade.
Saint Valentine is a good, and a very nice person!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥=3
hay thank you for this website who ever made it. Dalton from SJA Laplace will you go out with me.
The date of birth is really important to so many , funny thing is what is really important is that he like we arrived ... What is important ? The awareness that we were all created by GOD to be helpful to each other , so that we may grow in love and acceptance of each other . Know this we are not destroyed by death , we are reunited with our creator in love which is really what we should focus on ... grammar , spelling , and all of the petty perceived faults REALLY SOME OF US SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME GETTING THE SQUARE KNOT OUT OF OUR PANTIES !!! I will pray for all who can not see the GOD in others, may the peace of our Lord find your heart... A grandpa
At Mass saturday,the priest was saying 'no evidence exists of this person'.According to this site,and books I have on the saints,he was a priest,in the early church.Why can't they get these facts straight.
Is the word or the name VALENTINE really a replica of LOVE today, especially as some call the day LOVERS' DAY?
You should talk about the hit job that NPR is doing on St. Valentine's day. For starters, they're lying about the origins using medieval woodcuts that are completely unrelated to St. Valentine or the so-called "Dark History." This needs to be discussed on Catholic Radio at great length.
this information is good but i still dont know how to do my assignment..... because my assignment is hard and i dont knoe my way arround it
Those young ladies doing research...I would suggest that you don't rely just on one website to give you all the answers. Try other sites too, and combine them to build your research and of course site your source...
this was useful information....Although i'm still not certain why that it's not an american issue 2 celebrate
this is a blessing holy website its the best to look at
this helped me on my homework
this article on saint valentine was very informative. I was always curious as to who he was. thank you so very kindly. God bless you.
report last night i feel so much better now. this webstite was 50% helpful %50 was the rest of the internet
The Martyrs always make me fill with such warmth. They truly are the light of the path for all of us. God Bless
this website is very good i was havin a hard time tryin to know about St.Valentine I'm doing a report so I have to go so thank you
I wanted to post the saints truth on my Fb wall. We all have a great cloud of witnesses cheering us on to the high call God has placed upon our life. This cloud of witnesses is cheering us including Valentine, praying for us along w/ Jesus as He Himself intercedes w/ the testimony of His own blood the first of all Martyrs in His kingdom which will have no end.This to move forward and advance His Kingdom to come do not shrink back as some have for the cause of true love..
Here is a link to an explanation to St. Valentine that was made just so kids could understand it in plain English instead of the Godforsaken language it is written in on this site. Precisely the reason I stopped going to catholic churches. http://holidays.kaboose.com/valentines-day/history/val-history.html
hi i think that it was really wrong what claudius did
Wat a special love.
The Saints keep us mindful of how very important their testimony was and still is centuries later.
I have to assist in teaching an adult education class in religion on Valentine's day. This article I will give to them as a basis for appreciating St. Valentine. Many thanks...
That was amzing
why is everyone 13 years old WOW !!
i think this info is very useful to people how r doing researches on him.
I am appalled with the writing and content of this article! I am only two paragraphs into the article and I can no longer stand to read it. Run on sentences, poor grammar, complete misuse of pronouns and an appalling lack of clarity regarding the information on persecution. Who writes this bilge?! I can only hope this is not a teacher or priest who is involved in learning or catechism. WOW!!!
Interesting that so many ppl get hooked on this day / and showing love should be everyday..2morrow is not promised so why wait..smh
Your information on St. Valentine's and its origins is woefully inadequate: The Dark Origins Of Valentine's Day by Arnie Seipel February 13, 2011 Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled. The Romans executed two men by that name on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Though no one has pinpointed the exact origin of the holiday, one good place to start is ancient Rome, where men hit on women by, well, hitting them. Those Wild and Crazy Romans From Feb. 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain. The Roman romantics "were drunk. They were naked," says Noel Lenski, a historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Young women would actually line up for the men to hit them, Lenski says. They believed this would make them fertile. The brutal fete included a matchmaking lottery, in which young men drew the names of women from a jar. The couple would then be, um, coupled up for the duration of the festival – or longer, if the match was right. The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine's Day. Later, Pope Gelasius I muddled things in the 5th century by combining St. Valentine's Day with Lupercalia to expel the pagan rituals. But the festival was more of a theatrical interpretation of what it had once been. Lenski adds, "It was a little more of a drunken revel, but the Christians put clothes back on it. That didn't stop it from being a day of fertility and love." Around the same time, the Normans celebrated Galatin's Day. Galatin meant "lover of women." That was likely confused with St. Valentine's Day at some point, in part because they sound alike. William Shakespeare helped romanticize Valentine's Day in his work, and it gained popularity throughout Britain and the rest of Europe. As the years went on, the holiday grew sweeter. Chaucer and Shakespeare romanticized it in their work, and it gained popularity throughout Britain and the rest of Europe. Handmade paper cards became the tokens-du-jour in the Middle Ages. Eventually, the tradition made its way to the New World. The industrial revolution ushered in factory-made cards in the 19th century. And in 1913, Hallmark Cards of Kansas City, Mo., began mass producing valentines. February has not been the same since. Today, the holiday is big business: According to IBIS World, Valentine's Day sales reached $17.6 billion last year; this year's sales are expected to total $18.6 billion. But that commercialization has spoiled the day for many. Helen Fisher, a sociologist from Rutgers University, says we have only ourselves to blame. "This isn't a command performance," she says. "If people didn't want to buy Hallmark cards, they would not be bought, and Hallmark would go out of business." And so the celebration of Valentine's Day goes on, in varied ways. Many will break the bank buying jewelry and flowers for their beloveds. Others will celebrate in a SAD (that's Single Awareness Day) way, dining alone and binging on self-gifted chocolates. A few may even be spending this day the same way the early Romans did. But let's not go there.
The article was 60% helpful. obviously people have forgotten what valentine day is all about. I encourage all to do their research properly.
Upon looking up the patronage of St. Valentine for a fb post as a Catholic myself, I am surprised you did not spell Travelers correctly when describing his patronage as a Saint. It is a small typo but I thought you should be made aware.
good to know about good people and the life they live. May St. Valentine intercede for me to meet a God fearing guy amen. Happy Val.
nice to know about St. Valentine, Please intercede for me to get a guy that will love me for real. and that the youth of this earth will have the fear of God when dealing with others.
His stand demonstrated the love and the the call to mission. Can you link me up with any christian mission i can serve as a missionary? God bless. Savioue Ekanem.
have to do a 2 page essay font size 12. on page 1 its due tommorow.
It brings love of god and neighbours
i dont really believe in love but with dis note here i am in love i pray for God to help me with a good wife dat i wil love too happy vallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll...
thanks God... i really need this information for my Religion Class
How was there so many St. Valentines it makes no sense 2 me at all
OMG! have to do a 2 page essay font size 12
I am barcally(barcelonally) interested in true love with the history of the life of st.val.l pray God to bless during the time of my marriage with a woman that will take of me the way st. Valentine did when he was alive on earth and l pray that the woman will be Ezugwu Nnedi from Mgboko Aku
May God grant me d grace to emulate d sacrificial-pure luv of dis martyrd-saint.
It is very interesting.
Hi sir/ma, what is the valentine all about.thanks
st. Valentine was a GREAT SAINT! He is AMAZING! That story is touching. I will try to read it every Valentines Day. (I love this website)!
I am so greatful pls put more info on the life of our saint (VAL)
l like this story.
I want to pray to st. valentine,to bring my lover back this valentine.Somebody please help me.I miss him alot.
i am 12 almost 13 but have absolutely no luck with boys i wonder if praying to him would help me out
This website is a good resource for finding what you need about saints!!!
This Saint is a replica of what the world she be now. A caring, loving, non-violent, place. I mean, think of all the children that are growing up now seeing the bad influence. We need to follow his example, and HELP MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE!!! Sincerely, Big-V
Hello Me and my family each month we pick a Saint and this month we picked St.Valentine for Valentines day and so we picked him and we try to fined research but this is only our first year doing this but last month it was St.Francis and we didn't get any research :) God Bless This website really helped alot!!!!!!
This is just one prayer I found. If you do a search on prayers to St. Valentine you will find a fe different versions, this being one. A PRAYER TO ST. VALENTINE Dear Saint and glorious martyr; Teach us to love unselfishly and to find great joy in giving. Enable all true lovers to bring out the best in each other in God and in God in each other.
let all the lovers be contend and be always happy in the name of st.valentine.
Please help us trust in our love. Give us the strength, courage, and patience to deal with the difficulties of our distance. Help us to come together again. To see us again. TO have faith and not give up. Please, give me this man. Give me this family, make us family and I promise you I will never leave him. I will give my all and commit myself to making a home for us. I will never leave.
This is good information. For all those out there wondering -- nobody knows his date of birth or how many St. Valentine's there actually were. Very little is known about him -- I mean he lived 1700 years ago. He seems like a phenomenal saint, but anyone trying to do a 2-page essay on him is going to have a rough time, I'm sorry to say. Wikipedia also has a bit of info on him, though. Good luck. God bless.
I received an icon of St. Valentina, from an orthodox monastery. The Saint was referred to as a Russian Saint. It seems that this may be incorrect based on what I have just read. Is that correct? My Birthday is Feb. 14th and My mother wanted to name me Valentina. This caused me to look into the name and the saint. Are there any places where there are relics of this male saint. Was there a female saint also named Valentina?
i have no luck with love i am 12 almost thirteen and i need advice on girls my age any help P.S i am an Atheist but i want to beleive in God but i just cant, help please
This was great information for my school paper article about Valentine's day. Who knew he was the patron saint of plagues, bee keepers, and epilepsy? I sure didn't! Thanks for the help!
please pray for johnny to come home to us the ones who love and need him very much.
Please pray for me and my boyfriend, that we can come together again and that we can spend new years eve together. thank you
pls. pray for me, to fix our relations with my ex bf.
ummm whats his prayer?
How was st. valentine help people who have some difficulty life, when did he died? I need to get st. valentine quotation. when did he born and his parents historical background. because he was the priest, what was his philosophy about love and couple?
I think you should talk about all of his life.
i thin you should talk about his childhood
St Valentine pray for my r'ship it's so hurtful ty for other times of your dear prayers & help.
Wops! He was a great great man.Pray for me and my relationship that it may not fail this time....
your site has some weird names of saints i have never heard of and where is St Mary Mckillop???
Hi I was born on 14th February 1956, i am planning for a baptism name so i research on st valentine i am female so is Valentyn or valentines a good choice thanks
Please pray for my wife & me.
im doin a report on st valentine im learnin stuff i never new about :D
i love st valentine hes the best
Please send prayers and or novenas
cool
thanks for the information it was interesting.
This was really helpful for a paper I am doing, except it doesn't say when he became a saint.
OMMMGGGG this website is soo good !
Im choosing him as my confirmation saint!
hes so cool im doing work on him
really interesting this really helped to finish my homework XD
lol this helps a lot i guess i have a crazy Chinese teacher making me do a project!! :(
This doesn't say when he became a saint!!! :/
this very good info for my project
Wow! This helps me with a school project.
i need a quote for saint valentine for a project. do you know where i can find one? p.s. your website helped me a lot with my project!
this is good info but i need more for my school project
This helped me a lot in my report. I'm only in 6th grade and it has to be a 2 page essay with size 12 font
Thank you this helped a lot. Happy valentines day!
whoever made this web site you rock 'cause now I'm getting an awesome grade on my report of saints!
This is awesome, hopefully going to use it for by 2 page report!
this helped me so much for my sixth grade report in religion thank you
i was born on valentine's day! im doing him for confirmation..he's cool and full of love
this is a cool site
Exellent Site for religion. Carol
Did he only perform one miracle? What are some more websites where I can get information?
this is cool
who wrote this information? if i dont know i cant use it in a project and i really like this information!!
i love this it helps so muchhh.
i go to st.valentine school
Pray for me St.Valentine, Patron saint of love, and Young people. Pray from me and my troubled love with a person I am in so in love with. Amen
thanks so much for the info
I know when he was born.
i need some help pleazzzzzzzze cant find date of birth prayers or symbal
i'm doing a report on him!!!
does anyone know when he was born
is there a prayer for St. Valentine??
Thanks for the info
woaa i'm also 13 and i need some quick and easy facts about saint valentine for my ccd project. if anyone has answers that would be swell;D
hey im also 13 years old. every other 13 year old girl is right. this was a little difficult for me to follow. its for a ccd project. if anyone has any answers...like when he was born...that would be great! thank you ;)
I LOVE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ST. VALENTINUS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE IS NO MORE.
He's really a keeper of love.
Sounds like a myth, Brenna.
He really did good things!
He's a great saint
A catholic friend of mine said that there was a prayer you were supposed to pray and that on St. Valentines day night you would see the face of your true love in your dreams...I can't find that prayer anyone know it?
Does Saint Valentine have any quotes of his own.
hi i like your name it is very nice.
i have a couple of questions: does saint valentine have a poem?
Pray for me and Josh's relationship. Amen.
hey my mother said that there was a priest st. valentine and a bishop st. valentine... is there??? were they two different people living in the same place, same time, same name, beheaded by the same person?
It was interesting
Yeahh when is this Saint's birthday I'm also 13 years old doing this for a research project and I'm unable to find a date of birth ahh help!!
hey can you give me some answers for this saint. i am also 13years old.
I agree totally with melissa and rachel. I am also a 13 year old girl researching for my religious education class and that was hard to follow for me. You should say more stuff about what he did and what he was famous for. I need something more age appropriate...Thank You
Is it true that his name has effect on those who bear as being so falling in love with opposite sex and what is the mystery behind names does name comes after the bear as behaving as the meaning of a name implies.
I think that you should talk more about what he did and for something we people can accually understand. Like me i am a 13 yea old girl who is reaserching and i couldnt really understand it and some teachers might appreciate if you help us.! =] thank you
I would like to find out more about St Valentine. Would it be possible if you could post some info about St Valentine that is easy for kids to read!
I would like to have Saint Valentine prayer. Can you send me some imformation about missions? I would like to be part of it. Thank you.