The legend of Valentine's Day WITH LOVE FROM ITALIAN PUPILS
VALENTINE LIVED A LONG TIME AGO WHEN EMPEROR CLAUDIUS II WAS THE RULER OF ROME.
EMPEROR CLAUDIUS II WANTED TO HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL ARMY IN THE WORLD. SO HE MADE A LAW THAT THEY COULDN’T GET MARRIED AS HE BELIEVED THAT HAVING A FAMILY MADE THEM WEAKER.
VALENTINE WAS A ROMAN PHYSICIAN AND A PRIEST. HE MARRIED THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WANTED TO GET MARRIED IN HIS CHURCH IN SECRET.
SOON THE WORD GOT OUT AND VALENTINE WAS ARRESTED. WHILE VALENTINE WAS IN PRISON, HE USED TO HELP THE JAILER’S DAUGHTER WITH HER LESSONS.
THE YOUNG WOMAN WAS BLIND. VALENTINE BECAME FRIENDS WITH HER THROUGH HIS WORK WHEN SHE CAME TO VISIT HIM IN JAIL.
ONE DAY, VALENTINE PUT HIS HAND THROUGH THE BARS OF HIS CELL AND TOUCHED HER CLOSED EYES. WHEN SHE OPENED THEM AGAIN, SHE COULD SEE. IT WAS A MIRACLE.
VALENTINE’S EXECUTION WAS SET FOR FEBRUARY THE 14TH. ON HIS LAST NIGHT, HE WROTE HIS FINAL MESSAGE TO THE GIRL.
HE SIGNED HIS LETTER, “FROM YOUR VALENTINE”. THIS TOOK PLACE IN THE YEAR 270. SINCE THEN PEOPLE HAVE SENT EACH OTHER MESSAGES ON FEBRUARY THE 14TH WITH THE SAME SIGNATURE.
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