Valentine's Day falls on the same day every year: February 14. This year, it's on a Friday. Here's more about its complicated history.
Honestly, no one is entirely certain. One theory has to do with the Christian figure St. Valentine. Way back in third century Rome, a priest namedto young lovers after Emperor Claudius II ordered men to stay single, thinking they made better solders as unattached fellas . Valentine was allegedly put to death for his actions, but his legacy lives on.
Others believe a bishop named St. Valentine of Terni is the man who inspired Valentine's Day. He was also beheaded by Claudius II near Rome during his persecutions of Christianslegend says that a Roman prisoner called Valentine may have been martyred for attempting to help Christians escape the harsh conditions
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