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flowers, and gifts are exchanged
between loved ones, all in the name
of St. Valentine. But who is this
mysterious saint and why do we
celebrate this holiday?
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Under the rule of
Emperor Claudius II
Rome was involved in
many bloody and
unpopular campaigns.
Claudius the Cruel was having a
difficult time getting soldiers to
join his military leagues. He
believed that the reason was that
roman men did not want to leave
their loves or families. As a result,
Claudius cancelled all marriages and
engagements in Rome. The good
Saint Valentine was a priest at
Rome in the days of Claudius II.
He aided secretly married couples.
For this kind deed Saint Valentine
was thrown in jail and told that his
punishment was death. Many young
people came to the jail to visit
him. They threw flowers and notes
up to his window. They wanted him
to know that they, too, believed in
One of these young people was
love.
the daughter of the prison
guard. Soon, both of them felt
in love. On the day he was to
die, he left her a little note
Valentine's Day.
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The lives of young boys and girls were strictly
separate. However, there was a custom in Rome to
celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia,
feasts (a holiday to honour Juno, the Goddess of
women and marriage). On the eve of the festival of
Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written
on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young
man would draw a girl's name from the jar and
would then be partners for the duration of the
festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes
the pairing lasted an entire year, and often, they
would fall in love and would later marry.
Cupid, another
Commercial
symbol of the holiday,
valentines
became associated with
were
it because he was the
introduced
son of Venus, the
in the
Roman god of love and
1800's.
beauty. Cupid often
appears on Valentine
cards.
Saying:” Love from your Valentine." St. Valentine
died on February 14, 269 A.D. It is believed that
his note started the custom of exchanging love
messages on Valentine's Day.