{"id":86857,"date":"2026-02-13T16:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=86857"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:44:36","slug":"following-the-footsteps-of-saint-valentine-in-rome-traditions-relics-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2026\/02\/13\/following-the-footsteps-of-saint-valentine-in-rome-traditions-relics-and-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Following the footsteps of Saint Valentine in Rome: traditions, relics, and love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every year on St. Valentine\u2019s Day, Rome and Paris compete for an irresistible title: the identity as the true City of Love.<br><br>Rome perhaps has destiny on its side with a playful twist: its name, when reversed, reveals its essence. Perhaps that is why, when February arrives, its streets fill with couples who choose to celebrate their story there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JANN AND ANNA<\/strong><br>Polish couple<br><em>She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life. I love her very much.<br>Yes, he is very handsome.<br>We are here for a Valentine\u2019s trip. Since we weren\u2019t able to celebrate our anniversary in any way, we said, you know what? Let\u2019s take a trip to Rome.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But beyond romance, the city also holds well-kept secrets about lovers\u2019 day: in the Basilica of Saint Mary, home to the famous \u201cMouth of Truth,\u201d where some relics of Saint Valentine are preserved.<br><br>Saint Valentine was a Christian priest during the Roman Empire, executed for disobeying orders. According to chronicles, he performed marriages in secret for young lovers, defying laws that forbade soldiers from marrying. For this reason, Saint Valentine is the patron saint of couples in love\u2014and young couples know exactly what to ask him.<br><br><strong>IV\u00c1N AND CELIA<\/strong><br>Married couple<br><em>That they grant us many more years together, happily. And well, I think being happy already includes everything we could ask for.<br><br><br><\/em>Entrusting love to Saint Valentine is a wonderful way to make it last forever, although, as Pope Saint John Paul II once said\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Love always conquers, love always conquers; just as Christ has conquered, love has conquered.<br><br><\/em>And when love conquers, everyone wins.<br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year on St. Valentine\u2019s Day, Rome and Paris compete for an irresistible title: the identity as the true City of Love. Rome perhaps has destiny on its side with a playful twist: its name, when reversed, reveals its essence. Perhaps that is why, when February arrives, its streets fill with couples who choose to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":86863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AZ77HHo0p7A","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsanvalentinoeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsanvalentinoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86857"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86866,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86857\/revisions\/86866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}