Saint Valentine is one of the saints who martyred by monarch Claudius II in the ordinal time period in ancient Rome. The Roman Catholic Church celebrates the holiday of Saint Valentine on February 14 all year, time the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates it on July 30. The Catholic Encyclopedia says that St. Valentine is probably one of the cardinal men named Valentinus who were martyred by Claudius.
The Legenda Aurea that was compiled say 1260 has metaphorical niceties give or take a few the death of the divinity. According to the book, the emperor Claudius II wanted to bud a big and strapping military service. So, he passed a enactment that taboo the spousal relationship of puppylike men as he believed that united men lacked plenty physiological strength of mind to go suitable soldiers. The law was powerfully opposed by divinity Valentine who silently perfect joined more small men. When Claudius came to know nearly it, he put the deity in lock up and consecutive his killing. The first Valentine's Day contribution was transmitted by the immortal himself to the female offspring of his jailer, with whom he had down in be passionate about. The divinity is believed to have renovated the visual sense of the jailer's female offspring up to that time he was decapitated by the soldiers of Claudius.