Why was Saint Valentine's head chopped off?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

The Roman Emperor Claudius II Gothicus made marriage illegal because he could not draft married men into the army. Valentine continued to marry couples in secret. The emperor learned of this and had Valentine arrested, tortured and beheaded.

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