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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 1863105, member: 44316&quot;]Dear Abby said in today&#039;s paper that Valentine&#039;s day has a connection with Claudius II (Roman Emperor, 268-270). So I looked on Wikipedia and found this:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The same events are also found in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede" rel="nofollow">Bede&#039;s Martyrology</a></i>, which was compiled in the 8th century. It states that Saint Valentine was persecuted as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian" rel="nofollow">Christian</a> and interrogated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Roman Emperor</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Gothicus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Gothicus" rel="nofollow">Claudius II</a> in person. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism" rel="nofollow">paganism</a> in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing Julia, the blind daughter of his jailer Asterius. The jailer&#039;s daughter and his forty-four member <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household" rel="nofollow">household</a> (family members and servants) came to believe in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" rel="nofollow">Jesus</a> and were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptized" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptized" rel="nofollow">baptized</a>.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">The whole story of Valentine&#039;s day is far more complicated than that short quote represents, but the point is, if you have a coin of Claudius II you have a piece of history that connects to this time of year.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Happy Valentine&#039;s day!&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Claudius II</font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]313505[/ATTACH] </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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