Who was St. Valentine? It's a simple question however, it is a difficult one to answer because there seem to have been three Valentines, two of whom may certainly have fitted the bill as patrons of lovers. All three though were martyred.

Not much is known about either of the saints and even less is known about the Valentine who suffered in Africa with a small troupe of companions. The other two were men of the cloth one being a priest in Rome and the other a bishop in what is modern day Terni.

In medieval France and England it was believed that the 14th of February saw the pairing of birds to mate; an event that was recorded in Chaucer's Parliament of Foules. So the medieval romantics considered the 14th of February an auspicious day for lovers to sing each others praises by penning prose or poetry to their suitors.

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