![]() ![]() For some it is a lovely (in all senses) tradition full of romantic charm and art creation in itself. ![]() ![]() Putting so-called love padlocks on bridges. What about "markers of love" in different cities around the world? On top of that St Valentine is also a patron saint of. Some scholars believe that the veneration of the saint in February, the time of the "spring-is-coming" feeling when birds begin to find mates, was the reason why the name of Valentine has become synonymous with romantic lovers. Valentine was in particular associated with noble and chivalric "amour courtois", or courtly love. Valentine Day gradually progressed into some beliefs and traditions that went beyond the Christian faith.īy the way, in the Middle Ages, St. Kazimierz Mendlik, WikiMedia Commonsīut when did Valentine become associated with love ? Most likely, it was the "father of English literature" Geoffrey Chaucer who popularised and perhaps even invented some of the stories about Saint Valentine. View over Chełmno - in the background a church of the Assumption of St Mary, where the relic of a skull of St Valentine is to be found. You can travel there and see the relics easily from Gdańsk. In Poland alone there are at least 10 (!) places where you can find them, including a medieval Polish town of Chełmno, famous for its fully preserved city walls and a set of romantic gothic churches. Today, some people who seek love even pilgrimage to places where this saint is buried… yet interestingly that is not the only of his burial places and his relics are to be found in many spots around the world. Most of his relics are now in churches of the Eternal City (not all relics though, as some were taken to Ireland). He was buried very close to Rome, on February 14. As a result, in later centuries Valentine became a Christian martyr and is still venerated by the Church. For that he was arrested, tortured and killed. ![]() Valentine was one of those and was doing his best to help and save innocent people. Which, as you might know, wasn't the best place and time for Christian people in history, as hundreds of thousands of them were persecuted by the state. Valentine was a Christian priest (according to other sources, a bishop ) who lived in the 3rd century AD in the Roman Empire. St Valentine's Day! Love! Wait, but who is actually this Saint Valentine? And why is he associated with love? And where do you find signs of love in modern cities? How about some of the most romantic love bridges in Europe, ha? Who Was St. ![]()
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