Next week is St. Valentine’s Day. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, St. Valentine was a priest who was martyred in the 3rd century by Emperor Claudius. Why was he martyred? Because he married couples in violation of the emperor’s edict. We remember him also because before his death he wrote a note to his jailer’s daughter (whom he had healed from blindness) and signed it “from your ...
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