Wasn’t St. Valentine a mythical figure? Wonder whose heart it actually is.
There’s the daily anti catholic post. Nice.
Where did the idea that it is his actual heart come from?
I always heard this growing up and like all pre-internet facts just sort of took it for granted (like Socrates playing for UCD and Germany wearing green away strip because of Ireland)
Literally nowhere official says it’s his heart, just ‘relics’
They also have a prayer book where people leave handwritten messages for the Saint. Full of, “Help my daughter Jacinta find a nice man” kind of sentiments. It’s astonishing.
I didn’t know this. Where is it?
It’s actually very moist
I lit a candle to St Valentine in that church during lockdown.
The very next day, the US announced the date that they were opening up to tourists so I could finally visit my long distance girlfriend.
Was it a coincidence? Yes. Do I annoy my girlfriend by pretending it was a miracle? Also yes.
To make sure it never escapes
…again
There’s about a million places that claim to have the remains of st Valentine
So in Ireland we have St. Valentine’s heart, St Patrick (Downpatrick), St Nicholas (Kilkenny), plus Halloween originated in the culture – will we try to acquire the Easter bunny next?
Well, he wasn’t using it, so finders keepers you know?
Is it like the Blarney stone, can you kiss it and gain a special power? They should do that, have all the Yanks lining up to kiss the salty goodness.
Mmm, nice!
The riding is on the wall
Yummy
A delectable treat
Let’s get this on to a tray
Sounds tasty!
But just think when you pass away we won’t be keeping yours.. your too synical.
My favourite part about this is according to the papal narrative an Irish priest went to Rome in the early 1800s and he gave such a good mass the pope who was in attendance just had to send him home with a gift so he got some of the remains of Saint valentine. I did a YouTube video on it and my favourite part of it is that this is…
Historical proof that Irish priests give a good mass.
Between that and Oliver Plunketts head we’re well on the way to some form of Clergical zombie
They were planning ahead for future cloning technologies – it’ll be like Jurassic Park, only with saints running amuck on an island that was supposed to be a religious theme park.
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Wasn’t St. Valentine a mythical figure? Wonder whose heart it actually is.
There’s the daily anti catholic post. Nice.
Where did the idea that it is his actual heart come from?
I always heard this growing up and like all pre-internet facts just sort of took it for granted (like Socrates playing for UCD and Germany wearing green away strip because of Ireland)
Literally nowhere official says it’s his heart, just ‘relics’
They also have a prayer book where people leave handwritten messages for the Saint. Full of, “Help my daughter Jacinta find a nice man” kind of sentiments. It’s astonishing.
I didn’t know this. Where is it?
It’s actually very moist
I lit a candle to St Valentine in that church during lockdown.
The very next day, the US announced the date that they were opening up to tourists so I could finally visit my long distance girlfriend.
Was it a coincidence? Yes. Do I annoy my girlfriend by pretending it was a miracle? Also yes.
To make sure it never escapes
…again
There’s about a million places that claim to have the remains of st Valentine
So in Ireland we have St. Valentine’s heart, St Patrick (Downpatrick), St Nicholas (Kilkenny), plus Halloween originated in the culture – will we try to acquire the Easter bunny next?
Well, he wasn’t using it, so finders keepers you know?
Is it like the Blarney stone, can you kiss it and gain a special power? They should do that, have all the Yanks lining up to kiss the salty goodness.
Mmm, nice!
The riding is on the wall
Yummy
A delectable treat
Let’s get this on to a tray
Sounds tasty!
But just think when you pass away we won’t be keeping yours.. your too synical.
My favourite part about this is according to the papal narrative an Irish priest went to Rome in the early 1800s and he gave such a good mass the pope who was in attendance just had to send him home with a gift so he got some of the remains of Saint valentine. I did a YouTube video on it and my favourite part of it is that this is…
Historical proof that Irish priests give a good mass.
Between that and Oliver Plunketts head we’re well on the way to some form of Clergical zombie
They were planning ahead for future cloning technologies – it’ll be like Jurassic Park, only with saints running amuck on an island that was supposed to be a religious theme park.
There’s a chance that it’s a fake relic though