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In Rev. Alban Butler's The
Lives of the Saints, Valentine

was

said to be a priest who as-
sisted other Catholic martyrs
during the reign of Claudius of
Goth. His refusal to renounce his
religion led to a beating with
clubs and an eventual behead-
ing in 269 C.E.
Other legends told through-
out the centuries dictate that
Valentine refused the Roman
emperor's edict to cease per-
forming marriages so as to in-
crease the number of single men
to serve in the army. Valentine
was captured and sentenced to
prison for this crime.
During his jail term, Valen-
tine allegedly became friends
with the jailer's blind daughter,
who often brought him food and
messages. He supposedly signed
one of his last communications
with the girl, whom he had
cured of her blindness, "From
your Valentine."
Another legend, its existence
documented in the poetry of
Geoffrey Chaucer, has it that the
day holds some mystical power
of nature which forced birds to
select their mates on Feb. 14.
A combination of these histo-
ries and legends serves as the
basis of the current ritual of
Valentine's Day.
To mark the day, couples of
all religions for centuries have
exchanged cards of love, the first
American-made line debuting
in 1849.
Current estimates by greet-
ing card companies contend that
925 million valentines are ex-
changed today in the United
States alone, making it second
behind Christmas as the holi-
day for which greeting cards are
exchanged.
The cards themselves have
evolved from handmade items
decorated with lace and satin
ribbons to whole lines of hu-
morous and serious Valentine
cards.
"Valentine's Day has become
a multicultural, cross-cultural
holiday of love," said Marianne
McDermott of the Greeting Card
Association, an umbrella group
for card manufacturers.
While it's a pretty safe bet
that Jews also celebrate ro-
mance and love on this day,
none of the 24 companies that
manufacture cards for Jewish
holidays is planning a line of
Jewish Valentine cards.
Carol Weinstock Silverander,
the owner and founder of the
Santa Barbara, Calif.-based
Ethnographics, said she has
never been asked to manufac-
ture a Jewish Valentine's Day
card since her line of ethnic
greeting cards debuted with a
Jewish line 10 years ago.
"People who celebrate Valen-
tine's Day don't feel they have to
make it Jewish or not Jewish,"
she said. "It is just about ro-
mance." C]