The Story behind the celebration of Valentine’s Day

The Story behind the celebration of Valentine’s Day

The day started just as any other normal Sunday. I awoke to find my Mobile’s message box cluttered to realize its Valentine’s Day. I search over the net and was taken aback by the story and the meaning it conveyed. Here’s the description in my own words.

February 14th was a holiday in Rome during that period to honor Juno, the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses as well as goddess of woman and marriage.

Valentine was a Priest during the rule of a Roman Emperor Claudius. Claudius wanted to be a powerful emperor and wanted men to join his army, but men weren’t interested in joining wars because of the love for their family and kids. Claudius foolishly decided not to allow men into marriage. The priests of Rome did not agree with Claudius and secretly conducted marriage of those couples interested being married.


Among those priests was Valentine. He was arrested while secretly conducting marriage of a couple. He was happy that the married couple had escaped, but had to accept the fate of ending into prison, condemned to death. When in jail, much to his surprise he had numerous visitors all who shared their love and gratitude for his service and support for conducting marriages. One among them was the daughter of the Jailor. The jailor had permitted his daughter to visit Valentine in the cell and they exchanged thoughts and talked for hours until one fine day he was to face death.


Valentine left a note for her thanking her for the friendship and loyalty shared with him signing the letter with the message “From Your Valentine”. The date of his death is recorded as the 14th of Feb 269 A.D. He is declared a martyr by the church.
Every year people celebrate the event remembering love and friendship.

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