Saint Valentine

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St Valentine baptizing Lucilla.jpgHe that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

 

We beseech You almighty God, grant that we who celebrate the heavenly birth of blessed Valentine, Your martyr, may through his intercession be freed from all impending evils.

 

 

 

(The antiphon and prayer for Mass is a far cry from the saccharine sense of the saint we honor today in the secular world.)

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i ask, " what is the name of this artwork, and when was it produced?"

Thanks, Joseph, for reading the Communio blog. The art is Jacopo Bassano's "St Valentine baptizing St Lucilla," c. 1575.

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Paul A. Zalonski is from New Haven, CT. He is a member of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, a Catholic ecclesial movement and an Oblate of Saint Benedict. Contact Paul at paulzalonski[at]yahoo.com.

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