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The History of Valentines Day
We celebrate it each year, but what's the background story - I was really surprised. The day gets its name from a famous saint. There are a few stories of who he was. The popular belief about St Valentine is that he was a priest from Rome, he died on the 14th February 269 AD. Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought married men were bad soldiers. Valentine felt this was unfair, so he broke the rules and arranged marriages in secret. When Claudius found out,