There are lots of legends. This is just one that I have found... (read the link).
Valentine was imprisoned for refusing to worship the Roman pagan gods. During the days that Valentine was imprisoned, he made friends with the blind daughter of his jailer. His affection for her and his great faith, managed to miraculously heal her from her blindness before his death. Before he was taken to his death (Feb. 14th, the date of his execution), he signed a farewell message to her, "From your Valentine".
Valentine was imprisoned because he refused to abandon his faith. Practicing Catholicism like Valentine was illegal at the time.
Yes, St. Valentine was sent to prison during his life. The Romans threw him in prison after he declared that Jesus's father was the one true god and everyone else's god was false.
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It is said that St. Valentine sent a valentine to the Jailer's Daughter and he signed it "From Your Valentine"
It is said that St. Valentine sent a valentine to the Jailer's Daughter and he signed it "From Your Valentine"
It is said that St. Valentine sent a valentine to the Jailer's Daughter and he signed it "From Your Valentine"
Legend says that on the night before he was to be executed, St. Valentine sent a note of friendship to the daughter of the jailer, whom Valentine had befriended during his time in prison. He signed it "from your Valentine," and created the tradition of sending kind notes to those you love on Valentine's Day.
The young daughter of the jailer visited Valentine who had cured her of blindness.
A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day., A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
St. Valentine did not write a poem for the women he'd befriended that he sent his valentine to. The introduction of poetry to common practice on Valentine's Day came from poets such as Granson and Chaucer, who were writing much, much later than St. Valentine.
Prison - According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first "valentine" greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl - who may have been his jailor's daughter - who visited him during his confinement.
The first valentine was sent from St. Valentine himself in 270 AD. He had made friends with the daughter of his jailer during his imprisonment, and on the night before he was executed, he sent her a letter of friendship, signing it "from your Valentine."
The first person to give a Valentine's card was St. Valentine himself. He sent a note of friendship to the daughter of a jailer on the night before his execution, and signed it "from your Valentine."
Not everyone agrees who St. Valentine really was. One of the theories claims that Valentine was a priest, who served in third century Rome. Emperor Claudius II believed that single men made better soldiers, so he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. He was later put to death for his actions. Some believe St. Valentine actually sent the very first Valentine's Day card. While locked up in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with the jailer's daughter. Before his death, it is said that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine.'
When Roman Emperor Claudius II Gothicus made it illegal for couple to marry, Valentine continued to do so in secret. The Emperor had him arrested, tortured and beheaded. While in prison he became friends with the young daughter of the jailer. He cured her blindness. Just before he was to die he sent her a letter, urging her to remain faithful to God and signed it, "From your Valentine."