February 14 has long celebrated as Valentine's day when lovers Exchange cards and gifts as tokens of love for others. The origins of this holiday are disputed by many experts.
Some experts believe that Valentine's origins can be traced Roman and their celebration of Lupercalia, February although this celebration had nothing to do with love. This festival was held on 15 February and was closely associated with fertility. Roman men go naked in the streets, deleting from the crowd with rough strips. As it was believed to be hit could help a woman to become pregnant or to a pregnant in layers, females have deliberately step in the path of these shots.The word Lupericalia comes from lupus (Wolf) and is closely linked to the Wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome.Ce festival was only local in Rome and has been removed by Pope Pope Gelasius in 490 s.
There are several Christian martyrs bear the name of St. Valentine and holy day is February 14. There is Saint Valentine of Rome who suffered martyrdom in AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. His relics are located at the Church of Saint Praxed in Rome and the Church of the Carmelite Whitefriar Street in Dublin, Ireland. Due to the location of the relic of the latter, this Valentine may well known on the British Isles. Another Valentine was Valentine of Terni, who was martyred in 197 AD and is buried in another section of Via Flaminia.Since his relics are present at the Basilica of Saint Valentine of Terni, was probably not as well known in Europe these Valentines Nord.Aucun had something to do with love or romantic. Others that their name and the date of their day of saint, these saints have no link with the Valentine's day.
It seems that the idea that this celebration is associated with amateurs have been introduced by Geoffrey Chaucer in 1382 in his work Parliament of foules.Ce poem was written to honor King Richard II of his marriage to Anne of Bohemia. Chaucer, refers to the mating birds, it seems likely that he was not written on February 14, English were cold winters and birds would probably not have been present. An another St. Valentine had his day of saint on May 2, which would be more reasonable for birds be mating.
The design of the Valentine's day as a day for fans of a began the United States in the 1840s by Esther Howland, whose father owned a large stationery store.She began to mass products valentines that fans could send each other based on an English valentine she received.Purchase of these cards has led to the Valentine's day is the second biggest party for manufacturers of cards, second only to Christmas.
Since the 1950s, the fans gave gifts as well as maps.These gifts include roses and candy .the ' of the diamond industry began to promote jewellery gifts perfect Valentine's in the years 1980 today, flowers and candy are still given, as well as jewelry and the gift baskets variety which can be filled with chocolate or wine and cheese.
While many people may think as an ancient celebration Valentine, association that day with amateurs is developed as a commercial company maybe we should stick to the history of the ancient tradition.Fiction is sometimes much more romantic than the truth.
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