Around the year 270 A.D. The Roman Emperor Claudius-II was worried that Rome had become so big that it was getting harder to defend. So he made a rule that his soldiers were not allowed to marry as he believed that married men had emotional ties and did not concentrate on their duties.

At this same time the Priest Valentine could see the trauma this caused for young lovers, and so met with them in secret to perform marriages. Claudius found out and ordered Valentine