"Valentine's Day"

Hi,

Just as the title suggests, this is about the valentine's day. Throught my research, I found out that it is named after the saint Valentine who was imprisoned. The legend has it that he was later sentenced to death. During his imprisonment, it is said that people sent prayer notes for him and the habit spread. Though it is a legend, it is accepted by most people as the source of the valentine's day. Below is a nice valentine's day poem the refrence-

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->From a Secret Admirer<-

(After Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening")

Whose gift this is you cannot know.

My heart is in your keeping though.

You will not mind my writing here

To tell you that I love you so.
I know that you must think it queer

For me to love and not come near

But linger by some frozen lake

This most romantic time of year.
I sometimes give my head a shake

And ask if there is some mistake.

It's lonely out here 'mid the sweep

Of bitter wind and icy flake.
My love for you is dark and deep,

But it's a promise I will keep

As from afar I watch and weep,

As from afar I watch and weep.

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>"Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards or candy. It is very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day. The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

History

Catholic Origins
The legend of St. Valentine is not absolutely clear, which is also why we refer to this history as "legend." One legend portrays him as a priest who refused the Roman Emperor Claudius II's law, ordering that young men remained single. It is argued that Claudius II did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young Catholic men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Fr. Valentine arrested and thrown in jail.Claudius, and he sentenced Valentine to death. While imprisoned, one of the jailors had a blind daughter, whom he brought to the jail often, and she spoke at length to Fr. Valentine. Just before he was put to death, he sent her a small card and signed it, "From your Valentine."
Another story has it that while Fr. Valentine was imprisoned, people would leave him little notes, folded up and hidden in cracks in the rocks around his cell. He would find them and offer prayers for them."
Either way, the origin of the modern "Valentine Card" came from notes either to or from Fr. Valentine while he was in prison.
Fr. Valentine was put to death on February 14, 270 AD (some sources say 269, others 273 AD).History"<>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_day