Everything you need to know about this day
Everything you need to know about this day
Learn all about the origin story of this day, which was originally a pagan holiday.
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Everything you need to know about Valentine’s Day (Sharefaith)
Tomorrow is February 14th, Valentine’s Day. It is supposedly a day for love.
All
over the world, couples, Christians and non-believers alike, join in
this annual celebration of love. In fact, data has shown that this day
is the second most celebrated event, the first, of course, being Christmas.
In
this frenzy surrounding this special day, very few take the time to
actually do any research on this holiday. To the majority who know
little to nothing about this day, here is how it all started.
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Valentine's day is associated with love and romance (history)
Origin story of Valentine’s Day
Many years ago, the people living in ancient Rome celebrated a Pagan fertility and purification festival.
This
occasion was called Lupercalia, named after the fertility god
Lupercus, also known as the protector of flocks against wolves.
The Romans celebrated this feast of Lupercalia from the 13 to February 15th. The name of the month, which originated from a Latin word, ‘Februare’, means purification.
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Plutarch,
a Greek biographer and essayist, says, “At this time, many of the noble
youth and of the magistrates run up and down through the city naked,
striking those they meet with shaggy thongs.” Those thongs were called
februare(guides.wikinut)
According to Noel
Lenski, a historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder, practices
during this feast included men whipping woman after sacrificing a goat
and a dog.
He adds that they “were drunk. They were naked.”
The
feast also included a matchmaking lottery, where young men coupled up
with available women after picking their names from a jar. This coupling
reportedly lasted throughout the entire celebration.
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During
the festival, available young women would write their names on clay
tablets then place the tablets in a jar. Later, the men would hook up
with whomever they picked from the jar. The goal was to impregnate the
women(guff)
From pagan celebration to Valentine’s day
Eventually, Christianity (the Roman Catholic church) flipped the script by banning or reforming these pagan rituals.
In year 496AD, Pope Gelasius decided to replace the feast of Lupercalia with Valentine, a day set aside in honor of the Patron Saint of lovers.
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Origin story of Valentine's day(Slideplayer)
This was after two
men, coincidentally both were named Valentine, were executed by Emperor
Claudius II on Feb. 14, according to National Public Radio. Their deaths
happened on the same day in different years in the 3rd century A.D.
St. Valentine
One of these Valentines was a young priest, who disobeyed Emperor Claudius’ order.
The
emperor has decreed had stopped priests from performing wedding
ceremonies because he wanted the men to serve the Roman army first
before tying the knot.
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February 14th is the feast day for St. Valentine, the Patron of Love, Young People, Happy Marriages
Valentine’s
disobedience led him to prison where he faced a death sentence.
Historical accounts claim he fell in love with his jailer’s blind
daughter who visited him regularly while he was in prison.
The
records add that he healed her by restoring her eyesight. This miracle
is said to have caused a positive change in his jailer’s faith.
The tradition of Valentine’s Day
cards can also be traced to Saint Valentine, who wrote a letter to the
jailer’s daughter that ended with “From Your Valentine.”
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The Valentine's day card tradition reportedly started with St. Valentine(thewiccalife)
This note was the last thing he wrote before his death execution. His death and note began what is now as Valentine’s Day!
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