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A、He didn’t like women. B、Because he hated St. Valentine. C、Because he believed bachelors made better soldiers. D、He didn’t appr
A、He didn’t like women. B、Because he hated St. Valentine. C、Because he believed bachelors made better soldiers. D、He didn’t appr
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2009-09-12
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问题
The history of Valentine’s Day is obscure, and further clouded by various fanciful legends. The holiday’s roots are in the ancient Roman festival of Lnpercalia, a fertility celebration commemorated annually on February 15. Pope Gelasius I recast this pagan festival as a Christian feast day circa 496, declaring February 14 to be St. Valentine’s Day.
Which St. Valentine this early pope intended to honor remains a mystery: according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, there were at least three early Christian saints by that name. One was a priest in Rome, another a bishop in Terni, and of a third St. Valentine almost nothing is known except that he met his end in Africa. Rather astonishingly, all three Valentines were said to have been martyred on Feb.14.
Most scholars believe that the St. Valentine of the holiday was a priest who attracted the disfavor of Roman emperor Claudius Ⅱ around 270. At this stage, the factual ends and the mythic begins. According to one legend, Claudius Ⅱ had prohibited marriage for young men, claiming that bachelors made better soldiers. Valentine continued to secretly perform marriage ceremonies but was eventually apprehended by the Romans and put to death. Another legend has it that Valentine, imprisoned by Claudius, fell in love with the daughter of his jailer. Before he was executed, he allegedly sent her a letter signed "from your Valentine".
选项
A、He didn’t like women.
B、Because he hated St. Valentine.
C、Because he believed bachelors made better soldiers.
D、He didn’t approve of celebrations.
答案
C
解析
Why did Claudius Ⅱ prohibit marriage?
此题考查听细节的能力。听到关键词prohibited marriage出现,紧跟着就可听到几乎与选项B一样的claiming that bachelors made better soldiers。
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