St. Valentine's Day "How did this holiday become associated with lovers?" St. Valentine was straight up murdered for his faith and we celebrate by giving each other chocolates. Story goes, my man Valentine was put to the test of proving the power of Jesus Christ Himself by restoring the sight to a daughter of a Roman judge. Valentine succeeded in healing the girl and because of this miracle the judge released all the Christian prisoners from jail. He also converted the judge to Christianity and baptized him. Now since Valentine did this, he got mad popular. This judge brought him to the emperor Claudius II. Claudius wasn't having any of Valentine's faith and demanded he renounce Christianity or be beaten and beheaded. I guess you can tell Valentine did not renounce his faith so he was beaten and beheaded. Now because Valentine died for his faith he was given a martyrdom. However, not much was known about Valentine and this ...