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Who Is St. Valentine?
2/8/2007 12:27 pm |
Every year about 1 billion cards are sent to friends and family on Valentine’s Day. But just who is this patron saint of love? Though myths and legends about him abound, here’s one that is particularly romantic. In the third century A.D., the Roman Emperor Claudius II found that married men were often unwilling to leave their wives and children to serve in the military. To fill his dwindling army, the ruthless ruler outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, a priest in Rome, defied Claudius and performed marriages for young lovers in secret. When his actions were discovered, he was put to death on the 14th of February. Ephesians 6:13 . . .and having done all, to stand 
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