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# In the little Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, in the left aisle of the church, a reliquary is kept containing the skull of the Christian priest Valentine, who may be that very saint glorified in 496
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-nebolshoi-rimskoi-bazilike-santa-mariia-in-kosmedin-v-levom-pridele-tserkvi-khranitsia-relikvarii-s-cherepom-khristianskogo-sviashchennika-valentina-kotoryi-mozhet-byt-tem-samym-sviat/
- Published: 2025-02-14T12:03:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:31:07.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Heritage, Rome

There were several Christian figures of roughly the same period bearing the name Valentine, and alas, there is no way of establishing precisely which of the surviving remains are those of a saint. But the skull from Santa Maria in Cosmedin is venerated by many

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