Valentine Day Story: Who was Saint Valentine, Valentine’s Day is celebrated on the day of his death.

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Valentine Day Story: Every year, as soon as the date of 14th February arrives, Baja Ralal is decorated with roses, love greetings cards and various types of gifts. 14th February is celebrated as the festival of love. People celebrate 14 February as Valentine’s Day, but in this festival of love, there is no imaginary love story hidden in it, but true sacrifice.

The festival of Valentine’s Day commemorates a person named Saint ‘Valentine’. Saint Valentine gave his life for love and humanity. The day of Saint Valentine’s death is celebrated all over the world as Valentine’s Day. In such a situation, let us know who was Saint Valentine and why is this festival of love celebrated only on his death anniversary?

Who was Saint Valentine?

Saint Valentine was a Christian priest during the Roman Empire in the third century. At that time, Emperor Claudius II was ruling Rome. There were continuous wars going on there. Therefore the emperor needed a big army. He believed that unmarried men could prove to be better soldiers. Because they are not worried about their family. Due to this thinking, the emperor banned marriages in entire Rome.

This order of the emperor made the common people of Rome sad. A mountain of sorrow fell upon all the men and women in love. Saint Valentine did not find this decision of the emperor right. He did not remain silent and secretly kept marrying the couples as per Christian tradition. He believed that love is not a crime but a gift from God. After some time, the emperor got the news of this work of Saint Valentine.

given death sentence

After this, Saint Valentine was arrested on charges of violation of orders and rebellion. He was sent to jail. After some time he was sentenced to death. The jailer of the jail where Saint Valentine was kept had a daughter who was blind. It is said that Saint Valentine prayed for her, due to which the girl regained her eyesight.

This incident was discussed a lot in the jail. Before hanging, Valentine wrote a letter to the girl, at the end of which he wrote, ‘Your Valentine’. This is considered to be the world’s first valentine message. It is said that Saint Valentine was hanged on 14 February in 270 AD. In memory of his sacrifice, in the year 496 AD, Pope Gelasius declared this date to be celebrated as Valentine’s Day.

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