If you are in Rome on this Valentine’s Day, you will have the desire to pay homage to the saints of lovers in Basilica de Santa Maria in Cosmetin near Sarko Masimo Racerak.
Within the church, in a gilded glass reorganization, surrounded by the crown of dried flowers, it is said to be the saint’s skull.
The crowd that is regularly formed outside the church is not St. Valentine; Most visitors are coming The mouth of the truthOr ‘the mouth of the truth’ is fitted outside its entrance in Portico.
The 1953 romantic comedy was featured on the Roman holiday, considered an ancient Roman manhole cover in the form of an elderly man in the face of an elderly man, there are holes for the eyes and mouth.
According to a medieval legend, anyone who says a lie when putting his hand in the mouth will bite it – this is one of the most popular sites of Rome for tourist photos.
That is, if you decide to fight your way through the meeting to visit St. Valentine, you will keep him yourself.
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However, Rome is not the only city that claims to be the saint’s body parts.
Are About 12 Other churches that claim to have St Valentine’s monuments, including a Parish church in Poland’s Selmono, say that there are pieces of his skull.
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The Vatican, for its role, is not weighed in this case – so who says that Rome or Poland is a strong claim (it is very satisfying to visit a skull than a box of one of the pieces).
Except for the question that his remnants are scattered, except for the question of being even the ‘real’ St. Valentine – is widely discussed – at least two third centuries are from the name of Italian martyrs and one from North Africa, and ten people are listed by the Roman Catholic record.
Who – and wherever it is – is a memorable way to spend the day to spend the day (or one of them) to spend the day – and this is a Valentine’s Day activity, you do not need to collective.
