[MR] St. Valentine article

[Alianora Munro]

--- EoganOg at aol.com wrote:
> Appropriate for the season . . .
> 
> http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/VALENTIN.HTM

Although I'd point out that in the Middle Ages,
Valentine's Day seems to have been celebrated in May,
not in February as this page suggests.

The first Valentine, or at least the first surviving
one, seems to have been written by Charles d'Orleans. 
You can read a translation here:

http://mw.mcmaster.ca/scriptorium/dorleans.html  

regards,
Alianora Munro

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