Did you know? “Valentine’s day” is named after Saint Valentine . He was a Christian bishop and a physician. He refused to treat his own fatally sick mother because she would not give up her belief in pagan God Jupiter and get baptized. The disease killed her! #ValentinesDay.

According to the Catholic Chronicle Legenda Aurea (compiled in c. 1275 CE), Saint Valentine was described as “destroyer of non Christian pagan idols”.

Valentine was abusing Non-Christian Gods & creating communal conflict. He was jailed. Romans promised to release him if he toned down. “What is your opinion on (our) Gods Jupiter & Mercury”- they asked. ‘ “Wretched and foul men. Filthy. Carnal. Of filthy birth’-He answered.

(This article has been compiled from the tweet thread posted by @TrueIndology on February 14, 2023)