According to the Legenda Aurea , St Valentine refused to deny Christ before the "Emperor Claudius"in the year 280. Before his head was cut off, this Valentine restored sight and hearing to the daughter of his jailer. He's one regular stubborn hard-ass like all the other saints. At least, that's his official Catholic Story--another martyr who died in the name of Jesus H. Christ.
The Legenda does not contain anything about hearts and last notes signed "from your Valentine", as is sometimes suggested in modern works of sentimental piety. Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, giving flowers , or offering sweets like chocolate. While the day was originally a pagan festival that was named after the Early Christian named Valentinus, the day became associated with romance in the circle of sentimentalists like Chaucer in the late middle ages, when the tradition of courting flourished. The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines."
Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States (wiki).
Like Christmas, Valentine's day is another pagan holiday turned Christian festival turned commercial enterprise. Who cares about the life of that Saint Valentine? Kids think that the cherub Cupid is Valentine anyway. To the older kids, Valentine's day is a log line at the court owned by a certain lady named Victoria. Coincidentally, Valentine's day is also the birth anniversary of my father-in-law. Another day, same shit.
The Legenda does not contain anything about hearts and last notes signed "from your Valentine", as is sometimes suggested in modern works of sentimental piety. Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, giving flowers , or offering sweets like chocolate. While the day was originally a pagan festival that was named after the Early Christian named Valentinus, the day became associated with romance in the circle of sentimentalists like Chaucer in the late middle ages, when the tradition of courting flourished. The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines."
Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States (wiki).
Like Christmas, Valentine's day is another pagan holiday turned Christian festival turned commercial enterprise. Who cares about the life of that Saint Valentine? Kids think that the cherub Cupid is Valentine anyway. To the older kids, Valentine's day is a log line at the court owned by a certain lady named Victoria. Coincidentally, Valentine's day is also the birth anniversary of my father-in-law. Another day, same shit.
