Pope Valentine

✶January 1, 780

†October 14, 827

3 candles burning, 16 lit in all

About their life

Pope Valentine was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States for two months in 827. He was unusually close to his predecessor, Eugene II, rumoured to be Valentine's father or lover, and became pope before being ordained as a priest. He was a nobleman and elected by nobility, which later became the custom.

Head of the Catholic Church in 827

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Biography from the article Pope Valentine on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.