Saint Valentine 'resides' in Dublin!
Well the remains of him do anyway! ;).
Seeing it's the day thats in it I thought it might interest a few of ye to know that the remains of Saint Valentine are in a church in Dublin, Whitefriar St. Church to be exact.
The remains were a gift from Pope Gregory XVI to an Irish Carmelite called John Spratt who had visited Rome and given some very well received preaching. He brought the remains, along with a vessel containing remnants of the saint's blood, back to Ireland where they are now on view at Whitefriar St. Church.
To read the full story click here: http://www.carmelites.ie/stvalentine.html
nice post
When you copy/paste or repeatedly type the same comments you could be mistaken for a bot.
Tips to avoid being flagged
Thank You! ⚜
thinking read and writing
Thanks. :)
Now there's something I didn't know - about the saint's final resting place. Nor has that yellow crocus much survived history, has it?
Glad I could add to your useless, I mean useful knowledge! ;). And yes the poor crocus, supplanted (yes the pun is intentional), by the red rose! :)
There''s a point to thinking outside the "crocus box" when it comes to gifting: crocusses don't survive a plucking for more than a minute. But might not there be a lesson in that, also? Call me unromantic but roses only go so far with me (I'd be so lucky....). Since once you've seen what goes on behind the glass walls of rose-growers you begin to doubt such artificial creations can actually contain much love.
I didn't know that about crocuses! (or is it croci? ;).) I suppose it's like knowing how the magician does his trick when you see how the rose-growers get the finished article to your bouquet, the magic is gone.