.
St Valentine's Shrine, Whitefriar Street. K88.1977..11.02.1977..02.11.1977..11th February 1977..St Valentine was a priest who lived in Rome in the Third Century AD. After assisting Christian martyrs who were persecuted by the Emperor Claudius he was taken prisoner in 269 AD. Refusing to renounce his faith he was executed ,by beheading, on 14th February 290 AD..In 1835 at the direction of pope Gregory XVI his remains were disinterred and presented to Father John Spratt, Master of Theology within the Carmelite Order. A shrine was erected in the Carmelite Church in Whitefriar Street to house the remains and is still there to this day..St Valentine now regarded as the patron saint of lovers and is celebrated every year on 14th February..Image of the shrine in Whitefriar Street containing the remains of St Valentine, also included is a small vessel tinged with his blood.
Add to Cart- Filename
- K88-629.jpg
- Copyright
- Copyrighted to SKP & Associates Ltd trading as Lensmen & Associates, Lensmen Photographic Agency, Lensmen Photographic Archive and Irish Photo Archive..COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS ACT, 2000..Under the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 the copyright
- Image Size
- 888x1024 / 319.6KB
-
Irish pictures Irish photos Irish photography news photos picture library photography studio Irish people 1970s Irish images black and white antique photos history pictures Irish heritage Whitefriar Street Dublin photography business old photos the seventies vintage photos Irish history Irish society photography print street scene Irish culture old print sepia Shrine of St Valentine Irish gifts Irish black and white pictures historical photos St Valentine Ireland images of Ireland image library images Ireland image archive old pictures film photography photographs of Ireland photo site historic photos pictures black white Republic of Ireland rural Ireland black and white prints photos black white
- Contained in galleries
- 1977 - St Valentine's Shrine, Whitefriar Street. (K88)., Search ALL, 1970s

