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                    [ArticleID] => 2333019
                    [Title] => Kinsa si St. Valentine?
                    [Summary] => Una sa tanan, kini unang gikan sa internet: “Saint Valentine was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages, his Saints' Day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-13 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134484
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804906
                    [AuthorName] => Antolin dela Serna
                    [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon
                    [SectionUrl] => opinyon
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                    [ArticleID] => 1992969
                    [Title] => Saint Valentine
                    [Summary] => Kinsa si St. Valentine? Tinuod ba kini siya na ni-exist? Tingalig o bunga lang kini sa imagination sa mga magsusulat ug mga poets sa unang panahon, sama kanila ni Shakespeare ug Chaucer. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-02-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135504
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804906
                    [AuthorName] => Antolin dela Serna
                    [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon
                    [SectionUrl] => opinyon
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 657315
                    [Title] => Valentine, not just for the birds
                    [Summary] => 

Some reading reveals that olden Valentine folklore may refer to several saints with common Saint Valentine appellation, although only two traceable martyr priests had celebratory feasts on the same day, February 14.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133156 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1471332 [AuthorName] => Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 657020 [Title] => On Valentine's day: "Companionship is best gift" [Summary] =>

It’s Valentine’s Day and many are hoping for a romantic and unforgettable experience but for some, a simple bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolate is enough to complete this special day of love.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1728627 [AuthorName] => Ryan Christopher J. Sorote [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 549667 [Title] => Valentine lotto [Summary] =>

“Forget about love…” I thought I heard the lady whisper to me, “…there are millions of other ways your heart could beat faster this Valentine season!” I glanced around to make sure my wife was nowhere in sight and came closer.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134560 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1777366 [AuthorName] => Tony Montemayor [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 548477 [Title] => Valentine's Day doesn't have to be SAD [Summary] =>

Christmas in February. That’s what I used to think Valentine’s Day was. With decorations adorning every available surface, cards being sent, and flowers and gifts exchanging hands, all that is needed for Valentine’s to be the second most wonderful time of the year is the cancellation of work and classes (for a time, I did believe that I didn’t have to go to school on Feb. 14).

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136120 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1489815 [AuthorName] => Maria Jorica B. Pamintuan [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268626 [Title] => Love poems for Valentine [Summary] => What is the meaning of Valentine’s Day? According to the encyclopedia, Saint Valentine’s Day is a holiday honoring lovers. It is celebrated on Feb. 14 by the custom of sending greeting cards or gifts to express affection.

The cards, known as valentines, are often designed with hearts to symbolize love. The holiday probably derives from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalis (Feb. 15).
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135614 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1748054 [AuthorName] => SIZZLING HOT By Juliana Palermo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268482 [Title] => Love poems for Valentine [Summary] => What is the meaning of Valentine’s Day? According to the encyclopedia, Saint Valentine’s Day is a holiday honoring lovers. It is celebrated on Feb. 14 by the custom of sending greeting cards or gifts to express affection.

The cards, known as valentines, are often designed with hearts to symbolize love. The holiday probably derives from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalis (Feb. 15).
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135614 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1748054 [AuthorName] => SIZZLING HOT By Juliana Palermo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 195222 [Title] => Tomorrow we celebrate the feast of love [Summary] => Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day/All in the morning betime/ And I a maid at your window/To be your Valentine.

There are two feasts that we have assimilated from the American regime: Valentine’s Day and Halloween. By coincidence, both feasts are connected to the saints. In the case of Valentine, it is actually an ancient pagan feast that the Romans called Lupercalia that they held to mark the mating season of birds. In his Assembly of Fowls, Geoffrey Chaucer noted this by saying: For this was on Saint Valentine’s Day When every fowl cometh to choose her mate.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 102445 [Title] => St. Valentine’s Day a romantic diversion - ROSES AND THORNS by Alejandro R. Roces [Summary] => Tomorrow is St Valentine’s Day, a holiday that has absolutely nothing to do with Saint Valentine whose feastday happens to fall on February 14. As a matter of fact, there are two Saint Valentines. One, a priest who resided in Rome during the 200’s and Claudius II had him beheaded for protecting persecuted Christians. Years later, Christians honored him by naming a gate in Rome Porto Valentin. His remains are buried in St. Praxeles Church in Rome. The other was a bishop of Terri, a place about 60 miles from Rome. [DatePublished] => 2001-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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