Sentimental Love: Mr.Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. On the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he wrote the first "valentine" himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved.
No romantic elements are present in the original early medieval biographies .Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine. Until 1969, the Catholic Church formally recognized eleven Valentine's Days. The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae), Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae) and Valentine of the third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in early martyrologies (Africa) .
Hence, do u still insists to send or receive banquet of roses on Valentine's Day?
( all infor extract from wikipedia)
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