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Who was Saint Valentine's? Why do we celebrate his day? Saint Valentine ( Italian : San Valentino ; Latin : Valentinus ) was a 3rd-century Roman saint , commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages , his feast day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love . He is also a patron saint of Terni , epilepsy and beekeepers . [2] [3] Saint Valentine was a clergyman – either a priest or a bishop – in the Roman Empire who ministered to persecuted Christians . [4] He was martyred and his body buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14, which has been observed as the Feast of Saint Valentine (Saint Valentine's Day) since at least the eighth century. [5] Relics of him were kept in the Church and Catacombs of San Val...