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The True History of Saint Valentine
A popular story told about the history of Saint Valentine, who inspired the same name holiday, goes something like this. Twenty-three hundred years ago, Rome was an empire under siege. In an effort to get men to enlist in the army, Emperor Claudius II put a ban on marriage reasoning that the reason men didn’t want to join was because they weren’t inclined to leave their wives and girlfriends.
Personally, I think those men just didn’t want to die in a senseless war but I wasn’t there so I’m only guessing. Anyway, as the legend of the history of Saint Valentine goes, a catholic priest by the name of Valentine refused to obey the new law thinking it to be ridiculous. He continued marrying young lovers in secret but eventually was caught. He was thrown in jail and sentenced to execution. Continue reading →
