valentine

valentine
/val"euhn tuyn'/, n.
1. a card or message, usually amatory or sentimental but sometimes satirical or comical, or a token or gift sent by one person to another on Valentine Day, sometimes anonymously.
2. a sweetheart chosen or greeted on this day.
3. a written or other artistic work, message, token, etc., expressing affection for something or someone: His photographic essay is a valentine to Paris.
[1400-50; late ME, after the feast of Saint VALENTINE]

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(as used in expressions)
Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
Miller Henry Valentine
Valentine's Day

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pope
born , Rome
died September 827, Rome

      pope for about 40 days during August–September 827. He became archdeacon under Pope St. Paschal I. Beloved for his goodness and piety, he was elected pope in August with lay participation, as mandated by the Constitutio Romana issued by the Carolingian co-emperor Lothar in 824. He died a month later, and little is known of his pontificate.

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