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Love for sale: Buying into Valentine’s Day

Love for sale: Buying into Valentine’s Day

Little is known is about St. Valentinus (aka Valentine), beyond his name and where he was buried. The legend claims Valentine performed secret marriages for persecuted Christians around 270, until Roman Emperor Claudius II caught on and arrested him. While in custody, he fell in love with Claudius’s daughter. Before his execution, the saint wrote […]