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Why was Saint Valentine's head chopped off?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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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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