On which Roman road was Saint Valentine's body traditionally buried?

Saint Valentine’s body was traditionally buried on the Via Flaminia, the ancient Roman road leading north from Rome.

The Via Flaminia was built by the censor Gaius Flaminius in 220 BCE to connect Rome with the Adriatic region. Because it served as a major route out of the capital, it also passed important cemeteries and Christian burial sites. Accounts of Saint Valentine place his burial somewhere along this road after his martyrdom.

The tradition is complicated because early Christian sources refer to more than one Valentine associated with February 14. Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni were treated as distinct figures in some accounts, and both traditions connect the saint with burial along the Via Flaminia, though at different locations. Later stories and relic traditions further blended their identities.

The Via Flaminia should not be confused with the Appian Way, another famous Roman road associated with early Christian history. Despite uncertainty about the saint’s precise identity and biography, the Via Flaminia is the standard answer to the traditional burial question.