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Quotation from The Golden Legend: Popular Saints by Jacobus de Voragine; William Caxton

“St. Valentine, friend of our Lord and priest of great authority, was at Rome”

Jacobus de Voragine; William Caxton (spoken by Narrator)

The Golden Legend: Popular Saints, Life of St. Valentine (Caxton/Ellis tradition)

The opening frames Valentine as a Roman cleric and martyr, not as a romantic matchmaker.

Citation: "St. Valentine, friend of our Lord and priest of great authority, was at Rome" — Jacobus de Voragine; William Caxton, The Golden Legend: Popular Saints, Life of St. Valentine (Caxton/Ellis tradition). (id golden-legend-popular-saints-q2)

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