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According to the Catholic Encyclopaedia, at least three Saint Valentines are mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of 14 February.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2016

Of many hundreds of our Irish saints we have only the meagre details supplied by the martyrologies, with perhaps occasional reference to them in the Lives of other saints. 

From Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore by Anonymous

The three martyrologies of Ignatius are likewise universally repudiated as mere fictions.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

Bollandus had proposed simply to incorporate the notices of the Saints found in ancient martyrologies and manuscripts, adding brief notes upon any difficulties of history, geography, or theology, which might arise.

From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various

All martyrologies place him in Britain, and at Augusta, which name was given to London, as Amm.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban