Editing Saint Valentine (section)

== Associated Christian relics ==
[[File:Rom, Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Reliquien des Hl. Valentin von Terni.jpg|thumb|A [[relic]] of Saint Valentine in the church of [[Santa Maria in Cosmedin]], Rome]]
The flower-crowned alleged skull of St. Valentine is exhibited in the Basilica of [[Santa Maria in Cosmedin]], Rome.

St. Valentine's remains are deposited in St Anton's Church, [[Madrid]], where they have lain since the late 1700s. They were a present from the Pope to King [[Carlos IV]], who entrusted them to the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools ([[Piarists]]). The relics have been displayed publicly since 1984, in a foundation open to the public at all times in order to help people in need.

[[Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church]], [[Dublin]], also houses some relics of St Valentine. On 27 December 1835, the Very Reverend Father John Spratt, Master of Sacred Theology to the Carmelite order in Dublin, was sent the partial remains of St Valentine by Cardinal [[Carlo Odescalchi]], under the auspices of [[Pope Gregory XVI]]. The relics and the accompanying letter from Cardinal Odescalchi have remained in the church ever since.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Michael |title=Patrick Leigh Fermor: Noble Encounters Between Budapest and Transylvania |date=2018 |publisher=Central European University Press |location=Budapest & New York |isbn=9786155225642 |page=172}}</ref> The remains, which include "a small vessel tinged with his blood", were sent as a token of esteem following an eloquent sermon Fr Spratt had delivered in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carmelites.ie/ireland/whitefriar%20st/valentine.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126100202/http://www.carmelites.ie/ireland/whitefriar%20st/valentine.htm|url-status=dead|title=''Shrine of St Valentine, Whitefriar Street Church, Irish Province of the Order of Carmelites''|archivedate=January 26, 2013}}</ref> 

On Saint Valentine's Day in Ireland, many individuals who seek true love make a [[Christian pilgrimage]] to the Shrine of St. Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, which is said to house relics of Saint Valentine of Rome; they [[Christian prayer|pray]] at the shrine in hope of finding romance.<ref name="IrishCentral2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/travel/love-seekers-show-up-at-st-valentines-resting-place-in-dublin-116076619-237369251|title=Love-seekers show up at St. Valentine's resting place in Dublin|date=February 10, 2017|publisher=IrishCentral|access-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214183306/http://www.irishcentral.com/travel/love-seekers-show-up-at-st-valentines-resting-place-in-dublin-116076619-237369251|archive-date=February 14, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Therein lies a book in which foreigners and locals have written their prayer requests for love.<ref name="Hecker2010">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/7212675/Irish-priests-keep-a-candle-for-Saint-Valentine.html|title=Irish priests keep a candle for Saint Valentine|last=Hecker|first=Jurgen|date=February 11, 2010|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|language=en|access-date=February 6, 2018|quote=A book in the church is filled with countless wishes addressed to the patron saint of lovers, while a steady stream of locals and visitors alike pray here for help in their amorous quests. 'God has someone in mind for me, and I obviously haven't met him yet. So I just hope that Saint Valentine will assist me, that I will find him,' said one female visitor. Another added: 'We just prayed to find the right one, and I believe I will be led to him when the time is right.'|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207011336/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/7212675/Irish-priests-keep-a-candle-for-Saint-Valentine.html|archive-date=February 7, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Another relic was found in 2003 in [[Prague]] in the [[Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Prague|Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul]] at [[Vyšehrad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radio.cz/cz/rubrika/udalosti/ostatky-svvalentyna-jsou-ulozeny-na-prazskem-vysehrade|title=Radio Praha – Ostatky sv.Valentýna jsou uloženy na pražském Vyšehradě|work=radio.cz|date=February 14, 2003}}</ref>

Saint Valentine's relics can also be found in Slovakia in two cities. The first is [[Košice]], where the relic is placed in the Immaculate Conception (placed in 1720).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kosice.korzar.sme.sk/c/4544264/ostatky-sv-valentina-su-ulozene-v-immaculate-na-hlavnej.html | title=Ostatky sv. Valentína sú uložené v Immaculate na Hlavnej }}</ref> The second is Nováky, which they had in the church of St. Nicholas and the rare statue of Saint Valentine, which was stolen in the 1990s (according to one saved original part of the statue – the head, a new copy was created, which was ceremoniously placed in the church in 2000.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://myhornanitra.sme.sk/c/5240383/kusok-z-tela-svateho-valentina-je-v-novakoch.html | title=Kúsok z tela svätého Valentína je v Novákoch }}</ref>

A silver reliquary containing a fragment of St. Valentine's skull is found in the [[Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Chełmno|parish church of St. Mary's Assumption]] in [[Chełmno]], Poland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chelmno.pl/index_en.php?cid=296|title=Chełmno – miasto zabytków i zakochanych|work=chelmno.pl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123191803/http://chelmno.pl/index_en.php?cid=296|archive-date=January 23, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/relics-st-valentine-chelmno|title=Skull bits of St. Valentine in Chelmno|work=Atlas Obscura}}</ref>

Relics can also be found in [[Mytilene]] on the Greek island of [[Lesbos]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/02/14/the-holy-relics-of-st-valentine-lie-on-lesbos-island/|title=The Holy Relics of St. Valentine Lie on Lesbos Island|work=Greek Reporter|date=February 14, 2015}}</ref>

Another set of relics can also be found in [[Savona]], in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.informagiovani-italia.com/savona.htm |title = Savona: Guida ed Informazioni per visitare Savona}}</ref>

Alleged relics of St. Valentine also lie at the reliquary of [[Roquemaure, Gard]], France, in the [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna]], in [[Balzan]] in [[Malta]] and also in [[Blessed John Duns Scotus Church, Glasgow|Blessed John Duns Scotus Church]] in the [[Gorbals]] area of [[Glasgow]], Scotland. There is also a gold reliquary bearing the words "Corpus St. Valentin, M" (Body of St. Valentine, Martyr) at [[Birmingham Oratory]], UK, in one of the side altars in the main church.