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This is feminine because we are not speaking of the patron saint, (definitely masculine) but of the celebration: la saint-Valentin means in fact 'la fête de Saint-Valentin'. Fête is a feminine noun and even thought the word is dropped out, the feminine stays when speaking of the celebration.

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