Much
is unknown about Saint Valentine, but the legends that surround his
life are fascinating. In this book we learned that he was arrested for
marrying Roman soldiers after the emperor had forbidden it (the emperor
thought they would make better soldiers if they didn't have a wife and
family to care about). It is believed that he sent hearts cut out of
parchment to encourage the Christians that were being persecuted at that
time (and perhaps started the tradition of sending Valentines). While
staying with a local senator he healed the senator's blind daughter and
the whole family converted and was baptised. It was for this that
Valentine was eventually executed.
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