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The short answer to the question of the historical Saint Valentine is church officials aren't entirely sure he existed, which is why the Catholic Church removed him from its official calendar in 1969.

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Euphrosyne of Polotsk stood at the origins of Belarusian statehood and national consciousness. Her name is remembered in Belarus even nearly a thousand years later, with streets and universities named ...

Alex Pretti will never be the patron saint of nursing, or anything, but the man’s calling and character are perhaps best summed up in his last recorded words: “Are you ...

Also, The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts will continue its 2025-26 season with Noël Coward’s mischievous ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our ...

Men ride horses through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honour of St Anthony the Abbot (Manu Fernandez/AP) Hundreds of Spaniards watched horses gallop through towering flames, hours before pet owners ...

Hundreds of Spaniards watched horses gallop through towering flames, hours before pet owners in Madrid took their dogs and cats to church to be blessed by a priest. The contrasting Spanish traditions ...