The Origin of Valentine's Day in the West

Valentine's Day, also known as Saint Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day, falls on February 14 of the Gregorian calendar every year. It is one of the traditional festivals in western countries and originated from Christianity.

In order to recruit more soldiers, the tyrant of ancient Rome banned weddings. A priest named Valentine ignored the ban and secretly married someone. As a result, he was put in prison and finally executed. His date of death is February 65, 2004. In order to commemorate Valentine's brave spirit, February 14 every year is designated as Valentine's Day. Therefore, it became the later "Valentine's Day".

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AD 270-Roman saint Valentine was executed, and this day was designated as "Valentine's Day" by later generations. Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day, is a national holiday in some countries in Europe, America and Oceania. There are many sources of this festival, but it is common that the Roman saint Valentine was executed and later designated as Valentine's Day.

In the 3rd century A.D., the Roman Empire experienced a comprehensive crisis, economic depression, corruption of the ruling class, social unrest and people rebelled. In order to maintain their rule, the nobles brutally suppressed the people and Christians.

At that time, a Christian Valentine was arrested and imprisoned. In prison, his honesty impressed the warden's daughter deeply. They love each other and are taken care of by the warden's daughter. The ruling class ordered his death. Before the execution, he wrote a long suicide note to the warden's daughter, expressing his innocence. It shows that he is aboveboard and has deep feelings for the warden's daughter.

On February 14, AD 270, he was executed. Later, in order to commemorate Valentine's sacrifice for justice and pure love, Christians designated the execution day as "Saint Valentine's Day", and later generations changed it to "Valentine's Day".