HISTORY OF VALENTINE'S DAY
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So here i tell u the history and reason of Valenine's day.
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Saint Valentine's , also known as Valentine's Day or the Feast
of Saint Valentine, [1] is observed on February 14 each year. It is
celebrated in many countries around the world, although it
remains a working day in most of them.
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or
more early Christian saints named Valentinus. Several martyrdom
stories were invented for the various Valentines that belonged to
February 14, and added to later martyrologies . [2] A popular
hagiographical account of Saint Valentine of Rome states 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 . According to legend , during
his imprisonment, he healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius.
An embellishment to this story states that before his execution he
wrote her a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell. [3] Today,
Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican
Communion , [4] as well as in the Lutheran Church . [5] The Eastern
Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, albeit on
July 6 and July 30 , 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. In 18th-century England, it evolved into
an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by
presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting
cards (known as " valentines "). Valentine's Day symbols that are
used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the
figure of the winged Cupid . Since the 19th century, handwritten
valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards .

















