Who was St Valentine? Every Web site seems to have its own story. Was he a
bishop persecuted for spreading the faith? Or was he a priest martyred for
performing illegal marriages for draft-dodging soldiers? Or a quack with a
miracle cure for blindness? The official word is at
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saints.html.
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