His name was Valentinus a very popular Latin name of the time (according to Wikipedia.org's page on Saint Valentine. Little is known of him apparently, but this wikipedia article is a very interesting read nonetheless.
Valentinus was a popular name at the time, and there are actually several saints Valentine. The one whose feast day was February 14 we literally know almost nothing about. We don't know exactly who he was, only that he was presumably martyred towards the end of the third century.
He was made a saint by Gelasius I around the year 500, but Gelasius himself implied he didn't really know anything about Valentinus, including him in a list of people "whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God."
His Latin name was Valentinus.
St. Valentine of Rome did not pass out 'Valentines.' He did, however, give a letter to his friend, the daughter of his jailer, and signed it "From Your Valentine."
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From the first Feast of Saint Valentine, February 14, 496, to the most recent Saint Valentine's Day, February 14, 2013, was 1518 Saint Valentine's Days.
February 14 is the feast day of Saint Valentine of Rome.
Saint Valentine of Rome is the patron saint of lovers.
Valentines day was named after Saint Valentine.
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Saint Valentine was a priest in Rome.
Saint Valentine of Rome
The feast day of Saint Valentine of Rome is on February 14. He is considered the patron saint of lovers.
Saint Valentine
Valentine's Day, February 14, is the feast of St. Valentine, the patron saint of lovers.
The first person to give a Valentine's card was St. Valentine himself. He sent a note of friendship to the daughter of a jailer on the night before his execution, and signed it "from your Valentine."
You have it backwards. Valentine's Day is named after Saint Valentine of Rome and February 14 is his feast day.