Emperor Claudius two of Rome, who reigned from the year 268 AD to 270 AD banned marriage because he thought unmarried men made better soldiers. Valentine thought that it was unfair and break the rules and perform marriages anyway. He kept the cermonies quiet but eventually he was caught and killed on Feb 14 of the year 270 for defying the emperor. Right before he died, Valentine supposedly wrote the letter to his jailer's daughter with whom he had fallen in love. Later in 5th century Pope Gelasius declared the day of his death as St. Valentine's day.
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