Adhering to the measures to deal with the spread of the coronation will be honored this year Saint Valentine in Mytilenewhere in the “Frankish church”, the church of Panagia of the catholics of the city are kept relics of the most famous saint of our time.
It should be noted that the relics of Valentine, which have been housed in Mytilene for about 120 years.
The function for him Valentine at the Church of the Saint will begin at the Catholic Church on Ermou Street at 6 pm on Monday, February 14, officiated by the Archbishop of Naxos – Andros – Tinos – Mykonos and Apostolic Vicar of the Diocese of Chios, to which the Catholic Community belongs.
Valentine’s Day in Mytilene
The relics of St. Valentine in Mytilene were found in 1907. It was preceded by a journey of many centuries that began with the martyrdom of Claudius II the so-called Goth on February 14, 268 on Flaminia Street in Rome and his burial with a blood in the catacomb of St. Priscilla.
According to Catholic hagiology, the most likely elder Valentine was arrested in Rome when Claudius II, also known as Goth, was emperor. After being tortured, he was beheaded on February 14, 268 on Flaminia Street.
His companions then collected his blood in a glass vial and buried his body along with the glass vial in the catacombs of St. Priscilla. In 1815, the keeper of the catacombs, Fr. Petros Kobi, discovered the tomb carved into the wall of the catacombs, with the half-extinguished inscription VALENTINOS. On September 22 of the same year, during the reign of Pope Pius VII, his then vicar, Cardinal Julius di Somalia, revived the relics donated to the nobleman John the Baptist by Longarini di S. Costanzo from the Duchy of Urbino and the Chapel in the Chapel. Ispali Cathedral in Seville, Spain.
A period of silence
How these relics accompanied by accompanying documents arrived in Mytilene is not known. Apparently after the death of John the Baptist Longarini di S. Costanzo, they were bequeathed to one of his relatives whose descendant immigrated to Mytilene where at that time the Catholic community had important economic interests associated with Chios and of course Smyrna.
The placement of the relics in the catholic church is followed by another period of silence until 1990 when the elderly pastor of the catholic church of Mytilene, a Franciscan monk Fr. Some of the relics were placed in the chapel of the Capuchin Order, dedicated to Saints Francis and Clara, at 7 Guilford Street in Victoria Square in Athens, and another was sent to the headquarters of the Catholic Church in Rome.
Repair of the Temple and return of the remains
In recent years, on the occasion of the repair of the catholic church-monument and the re-establishment of a small catholic community consisting mainly of immigrants and European catholics living in Mytilene, the remains have returned to the place where they belong.
As in recent years, the Catholic Church has gathered hundreds of pilgrims while the relics of the saint were worshiped in the streets of Mytilene where they were worshiped. Until the year before last, where the events faced the hostility of the municipal authority and a portion of the local Church.
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