February has long been known as the month of romance and the 14th of this month is when people celebrate and confess their love for that special someone in their life. Unlike other holidays, Valentines Day is actually celebrated throughout the world on this day mainly because love is something most people can associate with and it does not conflict with the various religions around the world.

What do you know about the origin of Valentines day? How did this tradition of love start and who was St.Valentine? Obviously St. Valentine must have been a man with a great passion for something but what? Today the Catholic Church recognizes three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, therefore there are three legends of how Valentines day got started.

All three of these men were martyred and who really started this ancient tradition is not quite certain but all of them are kind of romantic so perhaps you can decide for yourself from which legend did Valentines Day origin. One of these legends suggest that Valentine was killed as he tried to help Christians escape horrible Roman prisons where they were beaten and tortured…

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