Love for Saint Valentine
Because Saint Valentine kept on performing marriage ceremonies, secretly, during the time when Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius, was thrown in jail and the punishment was death.
One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. (Not quite as light on my feet as I used to be, I guess.) I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death. Many young people came to the jail to visit him. They threw flowers and notes up to his window. They wanted him to know that they, too, believed in love.Tradition of sending "valentine's
When Saint Valentine's traitorous actions (Valentine defied the Emperor Caludius II by performing marriages in secret) were discovered, he was imprisoned. While he was in prison began the tradition of sending "valentine's". As the legend says, Valentine fell in love with a young woman, who may have been the daughter of his jailer, who visited him during his imprisonment. He wrote his new beloved a letter, which he signed "From your Valentine", an expression commonly used in Valentine's greeting today.Love from your Valentine.
Many young people came to the jail to visit Saint Valentine. One of young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit Valentine in the cell. Sometimes they would sit and talk for hours. She helped him to keep his spirits up. She agreed that he did the right thing by ignoring the Emperor Claudius and going ahead with the secret marriages. On the day he was to die, he left his friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. He signed it, "Love from your Valentine".
