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St Rose of Lima suffered much for Him and once when she was confined to her room due to illness

Also the spring flowers at their feet suggest hope and renewal

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Saint Valentine's Legend – Based on Vintage Holy Card – Catholic Valentine Gift Catholic Gifts Celine had retouched the paintingSaint Valentine lived in a very permissive, pagan society. Not only was it hostile to Christians, it was hostile to marriage. The Roman Emperor Claudius II had declared marriage illegal for his soldiers, as the Emperor Augustus had done previously. Some even say that he declared it illegal for all. In any event, Valentinus, a Roman doctor and Catholic priest, upheld the Christian tradition that marriage is a sacred bond between one man and one woman,