Saint Valentine, a kind-hearted priest who according to legends lived in Rome during the third century AD, was sentenced to death, as he disobeyed the orders of which Roman emperor?
- Nero
- Julius Caesar
- Theodosius I
- Claudius II
Answer
The correct answer is D) Claudius II.
More World questions
- Cupid, one of the major symbols in St. Valentines Day celebrations, is a mythological character, son of which goddess?
- This female character, depicted by Shakespeare, delivers the following line in her insane speech: Tomorrow is Saint Valentines Day.
- In the symbolic language of flowers, a rose of purple color given to someone on St. Valentines Day, signifies what?
- In the United States, this holiday is the humorous and somewhat sarcastic alternative to St. Valentines Day, also celebrated on February 14, but by those without a significant other.
- The day of February 14, 1929 remained in history not with its romantic atmosphere, but with one of the most publicized murders in the United States. Which famous American gangster stood behind these murders?
- This holiday is the Chinese equivalent of the Western, Saint Valentines Day.