Cloze: The History of Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is also ___________________________(1) as Saint Valentine’s Day since it's named ___________________________(2) Saint Valentine. He was a priest ___________________________(3) lived in Rome during the 3rd century. During his time, Emperor Claudius passed a ___________________________(4) that didn’t allow Roman soldiers to marry. He wanted them to ___________________________(5) completely devoted to serving Rome. ___________________________(6) is where Saint Valentine came in to help. He helped these soldiers ___________________________(7) married in secret ceremonies. But unfortunately, after a ___________________________(8) of time, Saint Valentine was caught and jailed for ___________________________(9) a traitor and betraying Claudius. When he was in jail, he was devoted to his fellow prisoners and helped some of them escape. He fell in ___________________________(10) with the jailer's daughter. She was blind and many people believed that he had cured her blindness. He loved her ___________________________(11) much that he wrote her a love letter to express his affection and admiration for her ___________________________(12) being executed. He signed ___________________________(13) ‘From your Valentine’. He was executed ___________________________(14) the 14th of February.