The tradition to write love letters on this day was incorporated in England. It is supposed that Charles, Duke of Orlean, wrote the first letter "Valentines Love letter" in 1415. Prince was tormented in Tower prison and sent a letter with a declaration of love to the wife. In several centuries, in 1797, The Manual for the young men for writing "Valentines love letters" was issued in England. Those who did not have enough imagination were offered to borrow love rhymes from the book. Many young men began to use the popular edition. The English immigrants brought this tradition to America, and from America it returned to Europe as an already noisy holiday "for all who are in love", connected with the day of memory of monk Valentine, the bishop of Terniy. On this day millions young men who are in love send love messages to their beloved . These messages often have a form of a heart, and hundreds trade enterprises release on the occasion of a holiday contraceptives at a discount price.
But was the legend about the wandering monk related to martyr Valentine, who died in III century? It appears, that in the life of the sacred martyr there is no even a hint on a similar plot. It is more likely, that the roots of this legend are not in the real history of the monk, and but the Roman noble man Valentine, the secret Christian who voluntary accepted death to rescue the servants sentenced to execution for being Christians. There is a daughter of the jailer in the story - the blind girl shocked by the courageous behavior of the man who unexpectedly began to see again. But in this history there are no love affairs, and the subject is the sacrificial Christian love to the relatives.