Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day

It all goes back to a mysterious,  third century saint who suffered a brutal fate.  First St. Valentine of Terni was martyred in 269 C.E . According to legend, the Roman physician and priest was beaten, stoned, and beheaded for the crimes of  marrying Christian couples… and possibly attempting to convert  Emperor Claudius II.

Thanks for the marital angle of his story, Valentine became the  patron saint of love, young people, and marriages.

Each year on February 14th, many people exchange cards, candy gift or flowers with their special “valentine”. The day of romance we call Valentine’s Day is named  for Christian martyred and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia.

The holiday’s roots are in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility celebration commemorated annually. Valentine’s  day is shrouded in mystery and legend. The origin of St. Valentine’s Day lie in the ancient Roman fertility. During the festival, young women would place their names in a large urn. In other words people celebrate this event by giving chocolates, candy and sweet things. And most of the time girls give the chocolate to the their important person. In my opinion  Valentine’s Day is some kind of weird thing, because not always  do the valentine thing, because some don't have those important things, and because people don't believe   in the valentine magic. To me I don’t really believe, because people just buy chocolate, and without wasting the money they would only buy another thing.