Lets hear it for Saint Valentine, although there were many of them over the centuries. Valentinus was one of several Saint Valentines to be beheaded. Later, a chapel was built over the saint’s remains. There are pieces of Valentinus, arms, legs, ears, and of course, his heart, scattered, on display all over Europe and Asia Minor. Abelard and Eloise were famous lovers. He a priest and she his student. Her uncle did not appreciate their union, and one night, took him aside and demonstrated his displeasure by having him castrated. Both took refuge in separate monasteries and wrote love letters to each other for the rest of their lives. She, bride of Christ, wrote to Abelard, let me be your whore. Forget candles, chocolates and flowers—love is dangerous and deadly. Mona Lisa with her vacant eyes, with her thin-lipped smile of scorn.
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