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Saint Valentine Valentine was a
Roman priest who secretly married couples at a time when the emperor forbade
young men to marry as he believed single men made better soldiers. He converted
his judge and his daughter to Christianity and the night before his execution
sent a note to the young girl signed “from your Valentine”. The feast of
Lupercalia was Christianised into the feast day of St Valentine in 498. He was
originally buried in the
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Further information and directions to the grave are to be
found in "Dead and Buried in Dublin - An Illustrated Guide to the Historic
Graves of Dublin. Click