The True Celebration of St Valentine’s Day is About the Importance of Love
Love is a strange kind of magic and Valentine’s Day can remind us about this
Valentine’s Day is named after Saint Valentine, a Catholic priest who lived in Rome in the 3rd Century. The Emperor Claudius II was a pagan and created strict laws about what Christians were allowed to do.
Claudius believed that Roman soldiers should be completely devoted to Rome and therefore passed a law preventing them from marrying.
Valentine began to marry these soldiers in secret Christian ceremonies and this was the beginning of his reputation for believing in the importance of love.
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