so many wars that he had a hard time finding soldiers for his army. He thought the reason was that
Roman men did not want to leave their families and lovers. To solve that problem, he cancelled
marriages and engagements. But a Christian priest named Valentine who believed in love and
marriage secretly married couples When the emperor learned about these marriages, he sent
Valentine to prison. The priest died in prison on February 14,270. Not until a few hundred years
later did Saint Valentine’s Day take its present form. Today we still honor Saint Valentine. The
old ideas of love, marriage and fertility have lasted and taken on modern meanings.
1. wars finding soldiers
2. families and lovers
3. love and marriage
4. prison February 14
5. fertility modern meanings
