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T. VALENTINE Legend has it that a priest, who was also a physician, lived in Rome during the reign of Claudius the Goth. His name was Valentine. Valentine did not preach the gods of the Romans, so he was put in prison. Before he was sent to prison, he raised beautiful flowers in his garden, and often gave them to children who lived nearby. Now the children missed him, so they picked flowers, made little bouquets, and tied notes to them. On each note was written, “I Love You” and the flowers were tossed to Valentine through his prison window. In the year A.D. 269 on February 14, Valentine was put to death for his Christian faith. This saddened the people of Rome. In his honor, on the following February 14, many people sent notes to friends and relatives, carrying the message “I love you.” As the custom continued over the years these “notes” came to be called “Valentines.”
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