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I am very curious to find out that when and how did the valentine's day started.
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Valentines Day began during the heyday of the Roman Empire, which held a festival every February. This Lupercian Festival was held to honor the God of Fertility and during the festivities young men were given the chance to choose their mate. At the time marriage was a normal and common activity, but with Claudius becoming the Emperor normal dynamics of life changed. He took an unnatural step and banned marraige as he feared that men would refuse their duty to fight because they would not want to leave their wives behind. But still young couples fell in love and still wished to marry, so they took these desires to the Catholic Bishop Valentine who, understanding love, began to secretly marry couples. When Claudius found out, he had Valentine arrested and ordered put to death. While waiting in jail, Valentine began exchanging letters with the jailer's daughter and soon had fallen in love with her. The day he was to be beheaded, he wrote her one last note and signed it: "˜From Your Valentine'.
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