Valentine's Day's Sordid History
Valentine’s Day’s Sordid History
For all of you who think Valentine’s Day was concocted by some maudlin, if not enterprising, greeting card company executive… THINK AGAIN, YOU CYNICS! It’s actually quite a touching story, assuming you don’t mind some beatings and a beheading. Around 270 AD, the Roman emperor was Claudius II. His full name was Marcus Aurelius Valerius Claudius Augustus, but that wouldn’t fit on his game toga…
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