This post has been de-listed
It is no longer included in search results and normal feeds (front page, hot posts, subreddit posts, etc). It remains visible only via the author's post history.
My daughter came home yesterday eager to tell me the 'true story of valentine's day' that she learned in grade 2. She explained that saint valentine was a real person who was martyred by the Roman emperor for marrying Christians, which was against the law. That didn't sound right at all so I went hunting on the internet, but all the sources that described this story that I could find were explicitly Christian, and referred to emperor Claudius - which doesn't make any sense to me.
Is this simply a myth, or is there something to this story, perhaps garbled?
Follow-up question that you're probably sick of hearing by now: how did saint valentine come to be associated with courtly love?
Subreddit
Post Details
- Posted
- 6 years ago
- Reddit URL
- View post on reddit.com
- External URL
- reddit.com/r/AskHistoria...