Oh yeah, almost forgot, Happy Valentines Day.
Just in case you didn’t know:
St. Valentine died on February 14th, 269 AD St. Valentine was a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. In 469 AD, Pope Gelasuis set aside February 14th to honour St. Valentine.
St. Valentine lived under the rule of Emperor Claudius II. The Emperor found that his army numbers were lacking due to many Roman men not wanting to leave their wives or families. As a way to thwart this, Claudius ruled that there should be no more marriages and engagements in Rome. St. Valentine used to secretly perform marriage ceremonies and when found out, he was sentenced to death by decapitation.
Is it really the one day of the year where lovers send secret notes to each other? Traditionally you take your girlfriend/wife out, buy her dinner, buy her flowers, buy her a present and so on. At least that’s what I thought.