Saint Valentine

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Saint Valentine was a real person and h.e lived in _____ wh.en Claudius II

was th.e _____ of th.e empire. Claudius was a se�ish. ruler and was onl�

concerned with. building a strong _____ of men th.at could figh.t in man�

wars. He believed th.at an� men wh.o would marr� and h.ave families would not

want to join th.e arm� and figh.t for h.im so h.e decided th.at h.e would ban th.em

from ____ an�bod�. Th.is was a dreadful law th.at made man� people

depressed in Rome. Valentine was a _____ and h.e was also ver� sad

because h.e h.ad married man� couples before th.e law was passed. He decided to

do someth.ing about it - h.e married couples in _____! For a long time h.e

managed to keep th.e marriages a secret and th.e arm� or Claudius didn't find out

about wh.at h.e was doing. One da�, h.owever, Valentine was _____ and

taken to see th.e _____. Claudius tried to get Valentine to stop being a

priest and a _____ but Valentine said h.e loved Jesus too much. and refused

th.e order. Claudius was furious and sentenced h.im to _____

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