I know do you. He was executed on feb. 14,269 a.d.
2007-01-30 14:40:31 · 6 answers · asked by kman1830 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.
According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl -- who may have been his jailor's daughter -- who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.
2007-01-30 14:45:34 · answer #1 · answered by pipi08_2000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This prob isn't true but one of the nuns *yes, I did time in a Catholic school* told us that he was imprisoned for preaching the Bible. She then told us that he would carve messages on leaves he found growing outside his cell *apparently, it was an outdoor jail* and the birds would take the messages of love and hope to his followers.
Personally, I don't believe it, but that's what the nuns tried to tell us, so no thumbs down please...it's not my story* ^_^
2007-01-30 14:48:38 · answer #2 · answered by starikotasukinomiko 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
St. Valentine sounds more romantic than St. Kman :)
2007-01-30 14:57:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ask the Pope
2007-01-30 14:44:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe he took some sort of test and passed
2007-01-30 14:45:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he slept his way to the top ;o)
2007-01-30 14:45:47 · answer #6 · answered by Tek ~aka~Legs! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋