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Today's Featured Event is Valentine's Day

Saint Valentines Day commemorates the work of Saint Valentine who died in 269 AD. At that time, Christianity was not a major faith, (that changes in 361 AD)and the Roman Empire ruled 1/4 of the world’s population.

The Roman’s decided married men did not make good soldiers because they always wanted to return to their families. Their solution? Outlaw marriage.
Bishop Valentine was imprisoned for performing marriages. Couples used to pass notes through his cell window (why we send Valentines) and he’d marry them in secret. Eventually the Emperor Claudius ordered Bishop Valentine for his part in illegally marrying men and women, but primarily because the bishop also tried to convert the emperor to Christianity.

In 496 AD Pope Gelasius declared February 14th as St. Valentine’s Day to honor the anniversary of Bishop Valentine’s martyrdom.

One of the best articles online dealing with Valentines Day, its history and its meaning is located on Couples Company. You can access it here:
http://www.couplescompany.com/Features/Alerts/origins-and-meaning-of-valentines-day-what-it-can-mean-for-you-1