Today, the Catholic Church recognizes three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend is said that Valentine was

a priest who served during the third century in Rome. Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families. Therefore, he outlawed marriage for young single men because he felt they were his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine felt that was injustice and he defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. Valentines actions were discovered and Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

Valentine's Day began to be popularly celebrated around the seventeenth century in Great Britain. By the eighteenth century it was common for friends and lovers to exchange tokens of affection or handwritten notes. Printed cards replaced written letters due to improvements in printing technology

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