St. Valentine's skull and bones housed in the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome.Legend has it; St. Valentine was prosecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Claudius was impressed by St. Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed on February 14. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer. On the evening before his execution, he wrote the first "valentine" addressed to his beloved, jailer's daughter, that read From your Valentine...."
In modern time Valentine has been portrayed as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his arm, believing that married men did not make good solders. The priest Valentine secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail.
I just hope you all get laid, with or without Nelson's short rib recipe!
3 comments:
pretty rad shit, the romans. for anyone wondering about the "XP" symbol (chi-rho), it means "christ". 'XP' are the first two letters of the greek word for christ.
Wow, cool. And XLCH are the first 4 letters of my first motorcycle from 1972, that other ancient time. Hey honey, wanna grab my short rib? I'm feelin' a bit claudius at the moment.
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