A cikin 5th ko 6th karni, wani aiki da ake kira Passio Marii et Marthae buga wani labari na shahada ga Saint Valentine na Roma, watakila ta hanyar karɓar azabtarwa da ya faru da sauran tsarkaka, kamar yadda ya saba a cikin wallafe-wallafen wannan lokacin. Hakanan ana samun irin wannan abubuwan a cikin Martyrology na Bede, wanda aka tattara a ƙarni na 8. Ya bayyana cewa Saint Valentine an tsananta shi a matsayin Kirista kuma ya yi masa tambayoyi ta hanyar Sarkin sarakuna Claudius II a cikin shekara ta 40. Claudius da kansa ya burge shi kuma ya yi muhawara da shi, yana ƙoƙari ya sa shi ya tuba zuwa Diocletianic Tsanantawa a farkon ƙarni na 4.
Claudius na biyu