History of Valentine’s Day
by A short biography commemorating Saint Valentine.
Who
Saint Valentine was a priest helping, along with Saint Marius, martyrs who, under Claudius II, were suffering persecution.
What
Saint Valentine was a Roman preist.
When
Valentine was living in the third century, roughly A.D. 270. He was killed on the fourteenth of February. Valentine’s Day falls on this date for that reason.
Where
Valentine resided in Rome, Italy.
Why
He was beheaded on the verdict of helping young couples secretly marry, though Claudius forbade it. He apparently thought soldiers fought better single. This is supposedly where the love part of Valentine’s Day comes into play.
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Post Commentkalel89
On February 17, 2009 at 9:54 pm
I was looking just for a short version of Valentine and I found it here, thank you alot