Saint Valentine was a real person and he lived in Rome when Claudius II was the emperor of the empire. Claudius was a ____ ruler and was only concerned with building a strong army of men that could fight in many wars. He believed that any men who would ____ and have families would not want to join the army and fight for him. So he decided that he would ban them from ____ anybody. This was a dreadful law that made many people, who wanted to get ____, depressed in Rome. Valentine was a priest and he was also very sad because he ____ many couples before the law was passed. He decided to do something about it, he married couples in ____! For a long time he managed to keep the marriages a secret and the army or Claudius didn't find ____ about what he was doing. One day, however, Valentine ____ and taken to see the emperor. Claudius tried ____ Valentine to stop being a priest and a Christian but Valentine said he loved Jesus too much and refused the order. Claudius was furious and sentenced him to death Valentine ____ to prison before his execution and while he was there he wrote letters to remind his friends to pray for him. This is where we get the tradition of ____ Valentine cards and notes from. During February, in the year AD 269 or 270, Valentine was put to death. Because he died for his religious beliefs, he ____ a martyr and nowadays we remember him on the 14th of February each year when we ____ Saint Valentine's Day.

Who was Saint Valentine? by my_teaching_stuff

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