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RT Trad West (@trad_west_)Today is Valentine's day. For Catholics it is the feast of Saint Valentine.Emperor Claudius II banned marriage for young men because he believed single men made better soldiers (no attachments).Valentine defied the Empire because he followed the laws of God, not of men.He married couples in secret by candlelight in the catacombs.He knew that the State does not own the Family.He was beaten with clubs and beheaded on February 14, 269 AD.He died protecting the sacrament of Matrimony.T ...