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	Saint Valentine's Day - February 14th
		Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity.
		Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine".
		He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off.
	www.pictureframes.co.uk /pages/saint_valentine.htm (1343 words)

	St. Valentines Wallpapers
		Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid.
		The Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas.
		The association estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.
	www.coolwallpapers.org /holidays/st._valentines.php (398 words)

	ST VALENTINES DAY
		Valentine was revered by the young and old, rich and poor, with people of all walks of life attending his services.
		Valentine was a young priest who defied an edict from Rome and the Emperor that prohibited young males in the army from marrying.
		Valentine defied the edict and continued to conduct wedding ceremonies and for this defiance he was executed on February 14 in AD 269.
	members.tripod.com /smokeysmom/stvalentinesday.html (1148 words)

	Lupercalia Legend of St. Valentines
		Valentine not only chose to be a priest, but was believed to have been a leader of the Christian underground movement.
		Valentine supposedly continued to preach the word after he was imprisoned, witnessing to the prisoners and guards.
		While he was waiting for the soldiers to come and drag him away, Valentine composed a note to the girl telling her that he loved her.
	www.starstuffs.com /valentines/lupercalia.html (2099 words)

	St. Valentines Day Facts \| Time \| Pub Quiz Help
		Valentines Day is celebrated on the 14th of February and is associated with the exchange of love notes (valentines), between loved ones, and more recently small gifts such as flowers or chocolates.
		Most probably a legend, there are in fact 3 saints who go by the name Valentine or Valentinius and are associated with the 14th of Feb, one was a priest, another a bishop but all 3 were said to be martyred.
		One of the earliest known valentines is a love poem written in 1415 by the Duke of Orleans to his wife while he was held in the Tower of London after he was captured at the Battle of Agincourt.
	www.pubquizhelp.34sp.com /time/valentines_day.html (404 words)

	Valentine's Day - Not Like it Used to Be - History and Customs
		During the days that Valentine was imprisoned, he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer.
		Before he was taken to his death, he signed a farewell message to her, "From your Valentine." The phrase has been used on his day ever since.
		Although the lottery for women had been banned by the church, the mid-February holiday in commemoration of St. Valentine was still used by Roman men to seek the affection of women.
	wilstar.com /holidays/valentn.htm (475 words)

	History of Valentines Day
		Valentine's Day, as we know it today, is a mix of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition.
		February 14th was originally the Roman feast of Lupercalia, but was Christianized in memory of the martyr St. Valentine who died in 270 A.D. In the Middle Ages, Valentine became associated with the union of lovers under conditions of duress.
		While Valentine was in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl that visited him during his confinement.
	www.giftbasketvillage.com /history-valentines-day.html (687 words)

	St. Valentines history
		On St Valentine's Day, the Reliquary containing the saint's remains is moved from beneath the side-altar and placed before the high altar in the church.
		St Valentine came from Terni, a town an hour from Rome, which at that time was known as Interamna.
		According to legend and Church history, St Valentine, who was Bishop of Interamna, secretly married young couples against the wishes of the Emperor Aurelius who had decided that married men made poor soldiers and banned young men from marrying.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/885482 (986 words)

	St. Valentine's Day \| History \| February 14th \| Cards \| Love \| Gift Ideas \| Flowers \| Chocolate \| Candy \| Present \| Poem (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On February 14th, Valentine was beheaded not only because he was Christian, but also because he had supposedly cured the jailer's daughter of her blindness.
		Valentine's isn't just the day of "love." It's the day for couples to re-cap their relationship, for the time that they've been together.
		Valentine's Day is ok because I have fun, but those of you who have boyfriends and girlfriends don't be mad if your loved one doesn't get you a nice gift.
	www.kidzworld.com /article/3119-happy-valentines-day (1145 words)

	Crew's Nest Holidays & Celebrations Easter
		According to the Catholic Encyclopaedia, at least three Saint Valentines are mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of 14 February.
		However, though Valentine of Terni and Valentine of Rome have separate entries in martyrologies and biographies, most scholars believe they are the same person.
		Valentine was dragged from the temple, away from the altar where a young maiden and a Roman youth stood, ready to be married, and the soldiers took him off to prison.
	www.crewsnest.vispa.com /valentine.htm (1309 words)

	St. Valentines Day (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Valentine's Day falls on February 14, and is the traditional day on which lovers in certain cultures let each other know about their love, commonly by sending Valentine's cards, which are often anonymous.
		Valentine's Day is the day when birds were believed to mate and sweethearts were chosen by singles.
		Today Valentine's Day has a broader and more general function as, not only do our singles take the opportunity to show their interest, but it is also a time when couples renew their vows or restate their love.
	www.grandpapencil.com /activity/Valentine/stval.htm (487 words)

	Valentines Day Massacre,St. Valentines Day Massacre,Valentine's Day Massacre
		St Valentine’s Day Massacre is a name given to one of the most publicized and talked about shoot out event that was a result of rivalry of two powerful criminal gangs of Chicago.
		Valentine Day Massacre was a result of the arch rivalry between the mighty South Side Italian gang led by Al ‘Scarface’ Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by George 'Bugs' Moran.
		Around 10:30 on the St Valentine’s Day morning, five men of the Burke team drove up to the garage of the S-M-C Cartage Company in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois in a stolen police car.
	www.tokenz.com /valentines-day-massacre.html (907 words)

	St Valentines Day
		St Valentine‘s day is every year on February the 14th and is dedicated to lovers.
		St Valentine was an obscure priest that was beheaded on that day(14th of February in the year 270).st Valentine was named the patron saint of lovers.
		There are many different traditions for Valentines day one of the most popular traditions is to send a card without your name on so the person you had given the card to would be wondering who had sent them a card but if you were married you would put your name on.
	www.orpheusweb.co.uk /lakes/pupils/valweb.html (1318 words)

	St Valentines History - February Newsletter - Flower Shop Network
		As history tells it, Valentine became friendly with the young daughter of his jailer, and on the eve of his execution, he left her a tender note which he had signed "from your Valentine".
		St Valentines Day was being popularly celebrated in Great Britain by the 17th century, and Americans probably began exchanging handmade valentine greetings in the 1700s.
		Naturally, those first valentines were appropriately decorated with doves (who are said to mate for life), hearts (the universal symbol for love), and images of Cupid (the son of Venus, the Roman goddess of love).
	www.flowershopnetwork.com /pages/newsletter/NewsletterFebruary2004.php (736 words)

	Valentines Day,St Valentines Day,Valentines Day 2007,Valentine Day India
		St Valentines Day is a perfect occasion to express deepest feelings and love.
		On Valentine's Day, lovers, friends and family members exchange Valentine Gifts as tokens of love.
		If he is the first thing you think of when you wake up, the only thing you think of when you're awake, and the last thing you think of before you go to bed, then he is really somebody special.
	www.stvalentinesday.org (111 words)

	St Valentine's Day
		Many Valentine's have pictures of hearts on them and romantic verses inside however some are humorous and have funny pictures and sayings.
		Students will use different materials to make the Valentine's such as sticky paper, lace, ribbon, glue, beads etc. Once they have made their card it is placed in a colorfully decorated box in the classroom and at the end of the day the teacher distributes them to students to take home.
		Valentine's day dances or discos and parties are held by high school students.
	www.beglobalnow.org /us/StValentines.html (559 words)

	Orwell, Islam and St. Valentines Day
		These days many women regard Valentines Day as important if not more so than Christmas or their birthday (which in the minds of many women, should be regarded as a national holiday).
		Valentine's Day, which is celebrated February 14, is "against our culture and Islamic teachings," Andrabi said in a statement reported by Current News, a local news agency.
		Going back to the lovely ladies of Kashmir, they seem to be regarding Valentines Day as a Trojan horse of sorts, smuggling in to their pristine culture and bevy of depravity and lucidness.
	www.bloggernews.net /2006/02/orwell-islam-and-st-valentines-day.html (1193 words)

	Valentines Day Gifts and Ideas from AnniversaryIdeas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is believed St Valentine was a priest during the reign of the roman emperor Claudius the Second, during his reign he banned new marriages to try and encourage men to join his armies.
		St Valentine ignored this edict and would marry couples in secret however he was found out and put to death on 14th February
		She began taking orders for valentines, and was surprised to discover a demand for more than she could make by herself.
	www.anniversaryideas.com /Valentines/Default.asp (667 words)

	Valentines Day
		Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today.
		Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure.
		Feburary 14, St Valentine's Day, the most popular day for lovers in the entire calendar, has now become thoroughly commercialized, so the old idea that men and women should send each other cards which they had designed and drawn themselves has virtually disappeared, giving way to ready made cards.
	www.wintersteel.com /Valentines_Day.html (1739 words)

	This Day Might Inflame: Valentine Customs through the Ages
		The English brought valentine customs to the New World, but the practices did not take root in the early days of colonization because women were so scarce there was no time for romance before they were swept into matrimony.
		In the Gay Nineties there were big, showy shadow-box valentines, wall hangings decorated with pretty girls peeping from masses of heart-shaped drawings, and mechanical valentines with movable parts depicting everything from lovesick man and maiden figures and cuddling lovebirds to heart-shaped cobwebs and jeweled chariots.
		Prestamped, preaddressed valentines may be mailed in larger envelopes to the city's postmaster, addressed "Attention: Valentines." At Loveland, they are hand-stamped on the bottom left corner with the Loveland seal--a likeness of Cupid and a four-line romantic verse that is different each year--and remailed with a special Loveland cancellation mark.
	www.worldandi.com /public/1994/february/cl4.cfm (2803 words)

	Valentines Day Tips and News st valentines day
		When you are on the lookout for top information relating to st valentines day, you'll find it difficult extricating superior advice from reckless st valentines day proposals and directions so it is wise to recognize how to judge the information you are presented with.
		A good pointer to follow when you're presented with help and advice regarding a st valentines day website is to research who is behind the website.
		This may show you the people behind the site st valentines day authorizations The fastest way to determine who owns the st valentines day web site is to find the sites 'about' page.
	www.valentines-day-tips.info /st-valentines-day.htm (235 words)

	st valentines day,valentine day resources for st valentines day (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Also valentines day is associated with St. valentine, who sacrificed his life for the sake of love.
		Valentine left a farewell note for her, the note read- "from your Valentine².
		Legends aside, the popularity of the Valentines Day rose manifold among the people and in tune with it Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor St. Valentine, the patron saint of love and romance.
	www.sms-india.com /valentine/st-valentines-day.html (229 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Valentines
		Valentine's Day, the mid-winter celebration of love, is named for three St. Valentines, all of whom died horrible martyr's deaths years and years ago.
		The three St. Valentines all died before chocolate arrived on the shores of the Old World.
		The origin of our modern Valentine's Day doubtless was in the Middle Ages, in England and France, when it was believed that in the second week of the second month birds began to mate.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/valentines (430 words)

	St. Valentines Day Massacre
		Valentines Day Massacre is the name given to the shooting of seven people as part of a conflict between criminal gangs in Chicago on February 14, 1929.
		The killings were a consequence of an attempt to kill George 'Bugs' Moran[?].
		Although not a major event it grew out of all proportion through nationwide media attention.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/st/St._Valentines_Day_Massacre.html (236 words)

	St Valentines Cartoons
		St Valentines cartoon 1 - catalog reference jlo0018
		St Valentines cartoon 2 - catalog reference dpa0099
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	mymerhaba : St. Valentines
		Emperor Claudius II had Valentine under arrest with the reason his assisting to Christians and tried to convince him it led to no end.
		Then Valentine was sentenced to death and the penalty was executed on February 14, the day accepted as the birds find their spouse.
		Valentine, who was also epileptic, was announced as the protective saint of lovers together with the epileptics and after the Church's assimilation Lupercalia celebrations.
	www.mymerhaba.com /en/main/content.asp_Q_id_E_804 (715 words)

	She Thang: History of St. Valentines
		The saint Bishop Valentine was chosen as the patron saint of the new festival.
		Saint Valentine had been beheaded for helping young lovers marry against the wishes of the emperor Claudius.
		He signed his final note to her, "From Your Valentine", A phrase that has lasted throughout the centuries.
	www.harlemlive.org /shethang/stories/valentines/stvalentine.html (359 words)

	St Valentines Day, Festival of the Matchmakers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There are as many as eight possible Valentines Day origins and the three most likely contenders were all early church martyrs.
		Associating the matchmaking feast with the martyrdom of Valentine was convenient because the days were almost identical.
		In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their Valentines would be.
	www.pregnancymentors.com /articles/St_Valentines_Day_Festival_of_the_Matchmakers.html (461 words)

	Valentine's Day Party Games: St Valentines Day party ideas - Mystery dinner party games
		Ask them to write witty and nice comments – bright eyes, figure to die for, kissable lips, seductive smile, soothing voice, lovely legs etc. When everyone has written comments on everyone's card have each guest read the card on the person beside them.
		For variety, and if you don't have a lot of hearts cut out, when the hearts run out, people can steal one at a time off someone else and pin it on their own person.
		Have enough cards so there are two for each person at the St Valentine's party.
	www.merrimysteries.com /tmm/partytips/valentines.htm (917 words)

	Valentine's Day Desktop Wallpapers 2006 - Lots of Love and Kisses
		This year ALTools presents 3 different Valentine's Day desktop wallpapers for you to decorate your PC with.
		Those that have had their hearts broken will know the bitter-sweetness of the "Heaven and Hell" Valentine's day wallpaper, and hope to be on the receiving end of a kiss like the Egghead in this year's "Give a Kiss" wallpaper.
		But Valentine's Day wouldn't be complete without some words of wisdom on the topic of love from a great artist like Pablo Picasso, or a revered thinker like Plato.
	www.altools.net /ALTools/ALToolsDesktopWallpapers/Valentines2006/tabid/202/Default.aspx (138 words)

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