Saint Valentine by respectable modern scholars. In the French 14th-century manuscript illumination from a "Vies des Saints" ("illustration above"), Saint Valentine, bishop of Terni, oversees the construction of his basilica at Terni; there is no suggestion here that the bishop was a patron of lovers. During the Middle Ages, it was believed that birds paired in mid-February. This was then associated with the romance of Valentine. Although these legends differ, Valentine’s Day is widely recognized as a day for romance and devotion. The flower-crowned alleged skull of St. Valentine is exhibited in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. St. Valentine's
Iunius (month) Iunius (month) On the ancient Roman calendar, mensis Iunius or Iunius, also Junius (June), was the fourth month, following "Maius" (May). In the oldest calendar attributed by the Romans to Romulus, "Iunius" was the fourth month in a ten-month year that began with March "(Martius," "Mars' month"). The month following June was thus called "Quinctilis" or "Quintilis", the "fifth" month. "Iunius" had 29 days until a day was added during the Julian reform of the calendar in the mid-40s BC. The month that followed "Iunius" was renamed "Iulius" (July) in honour of Julius Caesar. In his poem on the Roman