Valentine’s day originates from the ancient roman fertility festival of Lupercalia, which was celebrated on 15 february in honor of the gods Lupercus and faunus, as well as the legendary founders or Rome, Romulus and Remus. During the Festival, young men would draw the names of women from a Box, and each couple would be paired until next years celebration. Often they would fall in love and marry. At around 27AD Rome was facing and civil uprising. The men were not keen to join the army. Emperor Claudius II believed that the men did not leave their loved ones and summarily canceled all marriages and engagements. Two priests, Valentine and Marius, disobeyed the decree and secretly performed marriage ceremonies. Valentine was cought on 14 February and dragged to jail. Later in the day he was clubebed to death and beheaded. It is said that, before his execution, Valentine himself had fallen in love with the jailer’s daughter. He signed his final note to her,From Your Valentine.
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