This is a very old history , It was year, 269, King Klaudius was ruling the ROME. He out of his adamant attitude, banned spread of christianity and put restriction on them being married , to stop their growing population ."VALENTINE" WAS THE NAME OF A FATHER OF A CHURCH IN ROME, He objected against this order of the King Klaudius and protested his anti people/anti christianity rules , He ,kept on his normal ritual of marrying christian couples his church secretly, in complete disregard to the king and his orders.
On his disobedience , Father Valentine, was arrested and put in a prison , where he met one blind girl named "Austin " who was daughter of the jailer of that prison,He fell in love with her and used to wait for her every day,who occasionally accompanied his jailer father , being blind ,she did not see him!but they used to talk frequently and a friendship flourished between them.
On one fine morning of 14 th February, Father Valentine fell ill and he wrote a signed Note for her friend "Austin"
and died. At the bottom of his Note He wrote :-"LOVE FROM YOUR VALENTINE"
THIS IS HOW EVERY YEAR 14TH FEBRUARY IS DEDICATED TO "FATHER VALENTINE " and we remember HIM through loving our own Valentines ? But How many of us have really read the history and meaning of "VALENTINE DAY "? & the father Valentine himself ?
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Rajinder .K. Nagpal
