LEGEND OF ST VALENTINE HOLIDAY CARD

One Legend vies that St.Valentine was a priest in Rome during the third century when Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage. He settled that single men made superior soldiers than the men with a wife and family thus commanding that marriage for young men be forbidden. Taking into account this injustice and ghastly decree, Valentine defied Claudius. Unrepentant, he performed marriage ceremonies for young lovers in clandestine; in secret. When Valentine was exposed, he was apprehended and taken to prison. Claudius granted that Valentine be put to death. Being a man of great compassion, Valentine also helped Christians escape callous Roman prisons where they were incessantly tortured and beaten … adding to his defiance against the Emperor. The legend affirms that Valentine himself sent the first valentine to his love during his confinement. He fell deeply in love with a young girl, the jailor’s daughter. She would secretly visit Valentine in his prison chambers. Before his death, he wrote his lover a letter declaring his undying devotion for her, signing it from... YOUR VALENTINE. background color is adjustable and inside top color is adjustable. HAPPY V DAY!