Valentine's Day
Also called Feast of Saint Valentine; the celebration of Love and affection
Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14. It is a festival of romantic love and many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to their spouse or partner. They may also arrange a romantic meal in a restaurant or night in a hotel. Common symbols of Valentine's Day are hearts, red roses and Cupid.
Many people celebrate their love for their partner by sending cards or letters, giving gifts or flowers and arranging meals in restaurants or romantic nights in hotels. People who would like to have a romantic relationship with somebody may use the occasion to make this known, often anonymously. Valentine's cards are often decorated with images of hearts, red roses or Cupid. Common Valentine's Day gifts are flowers, greeting cards chocolates, candy, lingerie and champagne or sparkling wine. However, some people use the occasion to present lavish gifts, such as jewelry. Many restaurants and hotels have special offers at this time. These can include romantic meals or weekend breaks. Valentine's Day is not a public holiday. Valentine's Day is also a very popular date for weddings. There are a number of Saints called Valentine who are honored on February 14.
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire.
When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
During his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his
jailer, Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote her a letter
"from your Valentine" as a farewell. Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an official
feast day in the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Lutheran Church. The
Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, albeit on July
6th and July 30th, the former date in honor of the Roman presbyter Saint
Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of
Interamna (modern Terni). In Brazil, the Dia de São Valentim is recognized on
June 12.
The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey
Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The day became associated with romantic love in the Middle Ages in England. This may have followed on from the Pagan fertility festivals that were held all over Europe as the winter came to an end. Traditionally, lovers exchanged hand written notes. Commercial cards became available in the mid nineteenth century.
The most common Valentine's Day symbols are the heart, particularly in reds and pinks, and pictures or models of Cupid. Cupid is usually portrayed as a small winged figure with a bow and arrow. In mythology, he uses his arrow to strike the hearts of people. People who have fallen in love are sometimes said to be 'struck by Cupid's arrow. Other symbols of Valentine's Day are couples in loving embraces and the gifts of flowers, chocolate, red roses and lingerie that couples often give each other.
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Valentine's Day: A Day of Romance
Lupercalia survived the initial rise of Christianity and but was outlawed—as it
was deemed “un-Christian”--at the end of the 5th century, when Pope Gelasius
declared February 14 St. Valentine's Day. It was not until much later, however,
that the day became definitively associated with love. During the Middle Ages,
it was commonly believed in France and England that February 14 was the
beginning of birds' mating season, which added to the idea that the middle of
Valentine's Day should be a day for romance.
Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages, though written
Valentine's didn't begin to appear until after 1400. The oldest known valentine
still in existence today was a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans,
to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture
at the Battle of Agincourt. (The greeting is now part of the manuscript
collection of the British Library in London, England.) Several years later, it
is believed that King Henry V hired a writer named John Lydgate to compose a
valentine note to Catherine of Valois
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