Depending on who you ask, the story behind this guy varies. According to some Catholics, "He was a Roman Priest at a time when there was an emperor called Claudias who persecuted the church at that particular time," Father O'Gara explains. " He also had an edict that prohibited the marriage of young people. This was based on the hypothesis that unmarried soldiers fought better than married soldiers because married soldiers might be afraid of what might happen to them or their wives or families if they died."
Another popular legend claims he was a physician in Rome. He was one of the first “physician-priests,” who matched medical knowledge with trust in Divine Providence. This combination made him an enemy of Rome when he cured the daughter of a Roman officer, as the book Short Lives of the Saints explains. It isn’t stated how he cured the daughter, but some legends claim it was his intercessory power, while others say it was a combination of medicine and prayer.
Whatever the case may have been, Christians began calling upon his intercession for relief from the plague.
Ya know, when all that Chicom Flu shit started, I didn't hear a single comment about St. Valentine, and damned if it wasn't almost exactly around this date that the shit hit the fan. Coincidence?
Who knows.
What's the most popular memory of Valentines Day?
On the morning of Valentine’s Day, 1929, a group of men with tommy guns, a 12-gauge and police uniforms stepped out of a black Cadillac. Entering a garage belonging to the SMC Cartage Company at 2212 N. Clark St in Chicago, they lined up against the wall six gangsters and a gambler, blasting them to death, firing squad style.
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