I know I'm a romantic, but I hate when I hear people say Valentine's Day isn't real... it is! So who is Saint Valentine? Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day?
Let me take you back to 269 AD.................
Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II, Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius was having a trouble getting soldiers to join his military. He believed the reason was that the Roman men didn't want to leave their wives and families. So Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome.
But the holy priest, Valentine, believed in love and continued to secretly marry couples in private ceremonies. Unfortunately, Valentine was eventually caught. Once apprehended, he was beaten, jailed and sentenced to death.
While imprisoned, a compassionate jailer allowed his daughter to visit Valentine. She visited him frequently and the 2 would stay up and have long talks. It is believed that they fell in looove. On the night before he was to be put to death, Valentine reached out through the bars of his cell window and ripped off a piece of ivy growing up the stone wall outside. On the ivy he wrote, "Love from your Valentine," and gave to the jailer to pass on to his daughter.
Valentine was put to death the next day, February 14th. That is why on St. Valentine's Day, we continue spread his message of love and let the people we care about know how we feel.
[the story of saint valentine, valentine's day]
Let me take you back to 269 AD.................
Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II, Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius was having a trouble getting soldiers to join his military. He believed the reason was that the Roman men didn't want to leave their wives and families. So Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome.
But the holy priest, Valentine, believed in love and continued to secretly marry couples in private ceremonies. Unfortunately, Valentine was eventually caught. Once apprehended, he was beaten, jailed and sentenced to death.
While imprisoned, a compassionate jailer allowed his daughter to visit Valentine. She visited him frequently and the 2 would stay up and have long talks. It is believed that they fell in looove. On the night before he was to be put to death, Valentine reached out through the bars of his cell window and ripped off a piece of ivy growing up the stone wall outside. On the ivy he wrote, "Love from your Valentine," and gave to the jailer to pass on to his daughter.
[the story of saint valentine, valentine's day]
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