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St ValentineThe remains of the early Martyr, St Valentine came to Glasgow through the good offices of Fr Victorin Cartuyvels ofm, at that time Provincial Minister of the Friars Minor in Belgium. The relics, with all the requisite authentifications, had been in the hands of a wealthy French Catholic family. As the family grew smaller, one of the last survivors began to feel responsibility about them, and spoke to Fr Stephen Potron ofm, Comissary of the Holy Land in France. He, having heard about the new Franciscan Church being built in Scotland in 1868, persuaded Fr Victorin to accept them and give them a more permanent sanctuary. They remained in St Francis, Glasgow for over a hundred years and were transferred to Blessed John Duns Scotus in 1993 and enshrined in the new Greyfriars centre on St Valentine's day, Sunday 14th February 1999.According to the Church calendar, February 14th is not Valentine's day at all. In fact it is the feast of St Cyril and Methodius, co-patrons of Europe. These two 9th century brothers translated the liturgical books into Slavonic using the Cyrilic alphabet which they invented themselves. |
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