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St Valentine's name may nowadays be all over the romance-related merch for 14 February, but he was also the patron saint of beekeepers, epilepsy and plagues. Let's get to know this multi-hyphenate saint a bit better.
All the information in this episode is real, even though it sounds like it's not.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
What a combo of Valentine attributes: pilgrims wore erotic badges to protect them from infection.
Ha, wow, Vinegar Valentines: “In the early 19th century, the celebration of Valentine’s Day was a common thing among the upper classes of British society: many young people of the time already considered the practice obsolete, so they decided to send insult card instead of the usual greeting cards.”
About Februa.
About Lupercalia.
Valentine as patron saint of epilepsy.
St Agatha’s breasts, immortalised as cakes.
Friend-of-the-pod Avery Trufelman hosts The Cut podcast, and this episode is about loving your friends.
More listening matter related to this: WLTM parts 1 and 2 about dating profiles; and the Sanctuary episode is saints-related. Also, some of my finest work is reading Monday Pounds Me In The Butt on Chuck Tingle’s podcast. It’s some very existential erotica.
YOUR RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY:
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CREDITS:
This episode was written, performed and produced by me, Helen Zaltzman.
The original Allusionist music is by Martin Austwick. Download his songs at palebirdmusic.com and hear more of his composition on the science podcast for kids Maddie’s Sound Explorers.
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