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Saint Valentine History

With the arrival of the second month in the Gregorian calendar, love is always in the air. Valentine’s Day is celebrated with great fervor and passion. Exchange of Valentine cards, love gifts, flowers are the order of the day. Special theme parties and dinners round off a delightful day dedicated at the altar of love. But from where has this concept of celebrating love and lovers come? Why suddenly of all the days in the year, 14th February has been demarcated as the day of love? To find the answers to such questions, a little revelation from Saint Valentine history is needed.

The modern world associates February with Saint Valentine, but the connection of February and love is from the earliest times of recorded history known to man. Earlier it was a pagan festival of fertility which was celebrated for one month from mid January to mid February and was dedicated to the marriage of Gods namely, Zeus and Hera.

Again February 15 was dedicated to Lupercalia festival by the Romans. Interesting facets of the Lupercalia reveal that eroticism had a field day.



Young men and women mingled freely with overtures to each other pregnant with meaning, regarding love and procreation. It was only natural that the Church had to ban such practices of love. Saint Valentine history has several legends which differ in their interpretation of origin of Valentine’s Day. But the most popular legend revolves round the Roman priest, St. Valentine who was a contemporary of Claudius II.

Claudius II had an idea that young unmarried men made better soldiers and he forbade the marriage of young men who were of marriageable age. But St. Valentine was kind hearted enough to understand that young men needed love too, to make them ready for all eventualities of life. But this clandestine practice of conjoining hands in holy matrimony, received a rude jolt when the Emperor came to know of this practice and the friend of lovers was beheaded on February 14th. Therefore to celebrate his martyrdom, this day was separated as lovers’ day in the year and named after the priest St. Valentine, who had done so much for the youth against the express wishes of his Emperor. Therefore, My Dear Valentine feels honored to chronicle Saint Valentine history.





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