Valentine's Day century. Popular modern sources claim links to unspecified Greco-Roman February holidays alleged to be devoted to fertility and love to St. Valentine's Day, but prior to Chaucer in the 14th century, there were no links between the saints named Valentinus and romantic love. In Ancient Rome, Lupercalia, observed February 13–15, was an archaic rite connected to fertility. Lupercalia was a festival local to the city of Rome. The more general Festival of Juno Februa, meaning "Juno the purifier" or "the chaste Juno", was celebrated on February 13–14. Pope Gelasius I (492–496) abolished Lupercalia. Some researchers have theorized that Gelasius I
St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church (Toronto) and the clergy who serve St. Vincent's today reside at the oratory in Holy Family Parish. With the extension of a general permission to celebrate the traditional 'Tridentine' Mass, weekly celebration of the Mass using the old rite began at St. Vincent's in addition to the new usage. Recently, the Oratorians have begun offering a Solemn High Mass in the more ancient usage. Msgr. Ambrose Sheehy St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church (Toronto) St. Vincent de Paul is a Roman Catholic church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto. It has been served since