Valentin, who was a priest in those times, considered that Decree was unjust, which began to celebrate marriages of young lovers in secret. But the Emperor found out and called him to Palace, occasion that was exploited by the priest to talk about Christianity. But Claudio II imprisoned him, ordered that they martirizaran and executed on February 14 of the year 270 a.d. – While Valentine was in prison, the official in charge of jailing him put it to the test: challenged you that return the view to a daughter yours, Julia, who was born blind. Valentine agreed to and in the name of the Lord, it was returned.
The officer and his family were converted to Christianity. -Another story says that Valentine was a Christian who became friends with many children. The Romans arrested him because he refused to worship their gods. The children missed Valentine and threw small notes through the bars of his window hence the exchange of messages on 14 February. Although some Catholic Saints appears on February 14 as St. Valentine’s day, in None is officially validated legend.
Valentine shares the date with St. Cyril and St. Metodio, but over the years has surpassed them at length in popularity. The truth, that fires a marketing to please lovers in all topics, from gifts, meals, walks that becomes a very beneficial and generating income activity for the celebration of the day previously,. In an interesting writing about it, in the newspaper la Nacion of Buenos Aires by Mario Diament, he says, that love, which in theory should be a tax-free sentiment is manifested in this date so materially that whole industries and even national economies depend on its result. Colombia, go no further. After the Netherlands, it is the largest producer of flowers in the world. More than 200,000 tons of flowers are exported annually by a value exceeding 1000 million dollars.