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Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled. The Valentine’s Day card industry was booming by the middle of the 19th century. People in the United Kingdom mailed approximately 400,000 Valentine’s Day cards to their loved ones in 1841. Today the U. S. Greeting Card Association estimates that family members, school mates, and colleagues exchange close to 1 billion cards each year. On Feb. 14, sweethearts of all ages will exchange cards, flowers, candy, and more lavish gifts in the name of St. Valentine. But as a historian of Christianity, I can tell you that at the root of A vintage Valentine’s card from 1909. Image source: Wikimedia Commons. In 496 AD, the first formal Valentine’s Day celebration took place in Rome. Pope Gelasius I instituted a feast to Valentine’s Day was widely celebrated in Great Britain in the 17th century. By the 1800s, sending and receiving letters and gifts on Valentine’s Day became a common practice. The exact history of Valentine's Day is a bit murky, but some historians believe the holiday is linked to Lupercalia, a pagan festival that was held annually between Feb. 13 and Feb. 15 in ancient Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? In the early years, it was more goat blood than roses An angry Emperor Claudius II then decided to behead St. Valentine and Asterius on the inauspicious date His Valentine’s Day killing spree is the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history. It should come as no surprise that wars and terrorism do not respect the world’s most romantic day either. In 1945, the Allied aerial bombing of the German city of Dresden entered its first full day on February 14. Giving is the spirit of Valentine's Day. Whether in the form of a box of chocolates, a romantic poem, or any other sign of affection. However, throughout history, many have given up their lives on February 14th instead. Here are some of the bloodiest events that have taken place on Valentine's Day. For an occasion that celebrates romantic love with the giving of chocolates and roses, Valentine’s Day has surprisingly grisly origins. The day is named after a Christian priest, Valentinus, who lived in the late third century AD and was beheaded on the orders of the pagan Roman emperor Claudius II on 14 February, a date subsequently commemorated by Christians as his feast day. Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated every February 14; this year Valentine's Day falls on a Friday. Across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts Discover the essence of Valentine's Day: delve into its true meaning, explore its rich history and origins. By: History.com Editors Updated: February 14, 2024 | Original: October 27, 2009 Valentines Day: পঞ্চম শতাব্দীর শেষের দিকে পোপ গেলাসিয়াস, ১৪ This led to the establishment of St. Valentine's Day, named after one or more early Christian martyrs, named Valentine. Unfortunately, this plan was not well recorded, so the exact identity of this Valentine is murky, with several legends and martyrs associated with the name, just the sort of thing the internet loves. Unlike Valentine’s Day, however, Lupercalia was a bloody, violent and sexually charged celebration awash with animal sacrifice, random matchmaking and coupling in the hopes of warding off evil Sky HISTORY - Valentine's Day. February 14th is the most romantic time of the year. On Valentine's Day every yearpeople from all over the world show their affection for one another by sending messages of love via flowers, chocolates, gifts and cards. Bricks from the bullet-marked wall of the St. Valentine‘s Day Massacre garage on display at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas (Mob Museum photo) Nearly a century later, the St. Valentine‘s Day Massacre remains seared into the popular imagination as the most infamous mob hit in American history. Jimmy Hoffa, the famous American union leader of the Teamsters who had links to organised crime, was also born on Valentine’s Day 1913. Hoffa disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1975. 3. Valentine’s Day has a bloody history Valentine’s Day is widely celebrated as the holiday of love, filled with flowers, chocolates, and romantic gestures. But behind the hearts and roses lies a dark and bloody history—one that involves pagan rituals, ancient sacrifices, and martyrdom. If you’re a rational type like I am, you’re probably confused and a little unsettled by Valentine’s Day traditions. Watching couples exchange candy hearts, bouquets of roses, and cheap, brightly colored, insipidly smiling teddy bears makes me feel a bit like an anthropologist, or the narrator of a nature documentary.
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