Saint Valentine (Feast Day - February 14th)

DW World History

English - February 14, 2023 05:00 - 5 minutes - 8.12 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Legend states that St. Valentine of Rome, along with St. Marius, aided the Christian martyrs during the Claudian persecution. In addition to his other edicts against helping Christians, Claudius had also issued a decree forbidding marriage. In order to increase troops for his army, he forbade young men to marry, believing that single men made better soldiers than married men. Valentine defied this decree and urged young lovers to come to him in secret so that he could join them in the sacrament of matrimony.

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