Pozzo San Valentino
- Location
- Viterbo, Lazio, Italy
- Water type
- sulfurous
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 6.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Pozzo San Valentino is a thermal well dedicated to Saint Valentine, reflecting the Italian tradition of placing natural springs and wells under the patronage of a local saint — a syncretism of pre-Christian sacred spring veneration and Christian hagiographic tradition that characterises many Italian thermal sites. The sulphurous spring water accessible through this sacred well has long been associated in local tradition with well-being, consistent with the Christian-Pagan overlap in Italian rural religious culture. The surrounding Italian landscape, with its roadside shrines (edicole votive), ancient saints' day festivals, and deeply Catholic rural tradition, provides a rich devotional context for this spiritually named thermal site.