1. Animal sacrifice and then the ritualistic slapping of young women with strips of animal skin to bestow fertility.
2. 5th century
3. His army requested a large number of men. A ban of marriages made it easier for young men to join his army.
4. Father Valentine continued to marry young people in secret, thus defying emperor Claudius.
5. He fell in love with his jailer’s daughter. On February 14 he passed the young girl a note, signed from your Valentine. (First Valentine’s card)
6. Winged matchmaker / Roman god of Love
7. 180 million