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Here's how it started Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the ancient Romans had bloodier, drunker and more naked notions to mark the occasion. In celebration of love, this day became the Feast of Saint Valentine and, eventually, Valentine’s Day. Cupid Known to most of us as a chubby baby shooting love-laced arrows, Cupid is the Roman #FunFact Valentine's Day originated as an ancient Roman pagan holiday that required animal sacrifices and year-long blind dates. Enjoy! Enjoy! — Zach Goldrosen (@Zach_Goldrosen) February 11, 2016 Valentine's Day hasn't always been associated with romance. Here is the fascinating story of the dark history behind what made February 14 the love-fest it is today. Written valentines began appearing in 1400, and Shakespeare referenced Valentine's Day three times in his plays in the early 1600s. In the 1800s, Esther Howland began mass-producing Valentine's Around the same time, a priest named St. Valentine of Terni went against the emperor’s orders and secretly married young, swooning couples. Emperor Gothicus, however, believed unmarried men made The Open Story of Valentine’s Day. In the 5th century, perhaps in an effort to Christianize the pagan festival, Pope Gelasius declared February 14th as Saint Valentine’s Day. As for the real Saint Valentine, there were reportedly several canonised by the church. Saint Valentine. (zatletic /Adobe Stock) Modern Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day has continued to evolve. In 1797, mass-produced Valentine’s cards came into production, after the publication of a book called “ The Young Man's Valentine Writer”. Rather than writing individual notes to their beloved, men could copy from these scripts. 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. The prominent role of Cupid in Valentine’s Day shows Christians used many pagan elements in their celebration of the festival. By the 1800s, candy, flowers, and red roses had become the go-to Image Source: Google Images Sources: History, The RCG, NPR Find The Blogger: @evidenceofmine This post is tagged under: valentine’s day, truth behind valentine’s day, reality of valentine’s day, valentines, festival, celebration, secular, love, appreciation day, toxic celebration, toxicity, dark truth behind valentine’s day, western christian church, church, christian church, romance 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 Today, based on the date, a specific day of Valentine’s Week is celebrated. Each day offers a meaningful way to express love and affection: Rose Day (February 7) – The week starts with the tradition of gifting roses, symbolising love and admiration. Propose Day (February 8) – A day dedicated to heartfelt confessions and romantic proposals. Valentine’s Day may be named for two, or possibly three, men who were executed in the 3rd century CE, but its oldest known surviving love letter was written much later by a woman named Margery Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, [1] is celebrated annually on February 14. [2] It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine , and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in 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 Feast of Lupercalia . On February 15, Romans celebrated Luperaclia, honoring Faunus, god of fertility. Men would go to a grotto dedicated to Lupercal, the wolf god, located at the foot of Palatine Hill and where Romans believed that the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, were suckled by a she-wolf. Here’s what we don’t know: Just about everything else. The history of Valentine’s Day is mostly a series of legends embellished over the last two millennia. Here are some other legends surrounding Valentine’s Day: The Identity Of St. Valentine. The Catholic Church dedicates February 14 to three different Saint Valentines. Valentine’s Day, holiday (February 14) when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts. It may have had beginnings in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, which celebrated the coming of spring and included fertility rites and other activities, but the origin of the holiday is vague at best. The history of Valentine's Day. Roman Emperor Claudius II executed two men; both named Valentine, on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. and the Catholic Church honored their death
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