24 mar 2009


Saint valentine was a christian priest that was living in the rome of the third century, when the christians were prosecuted, he decided to marry couples under the Christian ritual.Valentine acquires for protecting the lovers and secret weddings support great prestige in the whole city and is called by the emperor Claudio II to know about him. The priest takes advantage of that visit to do propaganda of the Christian religion and to convince the emperor in order that he follow Jesus' steps. Though in a beginning Claudio II felt attracted by that religion that the same Romans were chasing, the soldiers and they forced the own Governor of Rome to desist and organized a campaign in opposition to Valentine. The Roman emperor changed opinion and ordered the governor of Rome to sue the priest.The mission to condemn the priest had to take her I finish the deputy, Asterius. This one, when he was in front of the priest, joked of the Christian religion and wanted to test Valentín. He asked him if he would be capable of returning the sight to one of his daughters who was blind of birth. The priest agreed and in name of the Gentleman he worked the miracle. The deputy and all his family turned to the christianity but they could not free Valentín of his martyrdom. San Valentín was executed on February 14.

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