Happy Valentine's Day from dualori

Posted by dualori | Posted in , | Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010


Today is Valentine's Day, the day on which we celebrate love, especially romantic love. The holiday was named after an early Christian priest, St. Valentine, who was martyred on February 14 in 269 A.D.

The tradition of exchanging love notes on Valentine's Day originates from the martyr Valentine himself. The legend maintains that due to a shortage of enlistments, Emperor Claudius II forbade single men to get married in an effort to bolster his struggling army. Seeing this act as a grave injustice, Valentine performed clandestine wedding rituals in defiance of the emperor. Valentine was discovered, imprisoned, and sentenced to death by beheading. While awaiting his fate in his cell, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with the daughter of a prison guard, who would come and visit him. On the day of his death, Valentine left a note for the young woman professing his undying devotion signed "Love from your Valentine."

From the Writer's Almanac.

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東京 Said on Tue Feb 16, 07:44:00 AM MST
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dualori Said on Tue Feb 16, 10:30:00 AM MST

I used a translator that said the above comment says: Silly hearts of people like to laugh. Although it had been got someone else's heart.

Thanks for the comment 東京!

Bebedores do Gondufo Said on Sun Feb 21, 06:36:00 AM MST

Good.

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