According with the history, there are two Saints Valentin. Some people believe that Valentine's day came from the one that lived around 269 during the Roman Empire. The legend says that the Emperor Claudius II was more worry about his army than with family life. In his opinion, the single soldiers were better than the ones that were married. So the Emperor decided to pass a law which forbid the marriage. Even though with all this, Saint Valentin decided to confront the Emperor by performing marriage in secret. When the Emperorfound out he ordered the death of Saint Valentin. The other legend was also during the Roman Empire. This time, Saint Valentin was a simple men that use to help the children. One day, he refused to worship the Roman Gods and the Emperor decided to put him in jail. The legend is that the children used to write messages of love and hope and threw them thru the window in the cell.
How sad of this story, i hope that everyone has a romantic of love. But actually i want to be single, because for now i do not even know what is love haha, so whatever.
ReplyDeleteDespite of historic background about Valentine's day, nowadays the meaning of Valentine's is getting disappeared and commercially used.
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