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About Saint Valentine

Saint Valentine is the patron saint of Valentine’s Day. The holiday was named after him. Also, he is the patron saint for lovers. St. Valentine was born around 220 and died on Valentine’s Day in 269 or 270. At the time of his death, he was the Bishop of Rome.

During the early days of the Roman empire, Christianity was discriminated against. Christian marriages were forbidden in the third century. St. Valentine, then the Bishop of Rome, continued to preach Christianity and to perform Christian marriages. He was imprisoned for disobeying the cruel Emperor Claudius II. While in prison, he continued writing letters and even converted convicts in jail to Christianity. He befriended Julia, the daughter of the jailer. When the emperor Claudius discovered that he was still preaching Christianity from his jail cell, he was executed (270A.D.). In his last letter to the jailer’s daughter before his execution, he signed it “From your Valentine”, which is where this holiday then got its name.

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