How did Saint Valentine become a saint?

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Valentine was a priest and physician who lived in Rome during the third century. At that time, Christianity was a persecuted faith and Valentine was imprisoned. When he would not recant his faith, Valentine was put to death on February 14. He was dubbed a Saint.

How did Valentine become the patron Saint of lovers? According to legend, when Valentine was a priest in Rome, Emperor Claudius II ordered young men not to marry, believing if they did not have wives, they would be more willing to go to war. Moved by compassion of the young lovers, Valentine married them secretly.

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