St. Valentine as a Boy Ministering to the Birds by Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale – Based on a John Donne Sonnet – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):11x14 unframed a young woman and presumably

a young woman and presumably her grandmother

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Medieval Christendom was born

was likely a souvenir for pilgrims

St. Valentine as a Boy Ministering to the Birds by Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale – Based on a John Donne Sonnet – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):11x14 unframed a young woman and presumablyThis charming Valentine was painted by one of our favorite artists, Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale, for The Book of Old English Songs and Ballads (c. 1915). She's made the Saint a boy, whimsically dressing him as a bishop and preaching to the birds, as he is in the poem this illustrates. It's that lightheartedness that usually goes with love. Note the hearts in the stained glass behind him. Also note that all the birds are paired off as couples. Even our