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HAPPY
VALENTINES DAY
I
hope you are sharing the day with the person you love no matter who
you are or wherever you are.
As
you should know Fridays is Funday blog day were we talk anything and
everything and pretty much run with it. Today's blog is on St
Valentine and Valentine's Day.
Valentine's
Day, also called Saint Valentines day or the Feast of
Saint Valentine is celebrated annually on February 14th.
Originating as a western Christian feast day honouring one or two
early saints named Valentinus, Valentines day is recognised as a
significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance
and romantic love in many regions around the world.
There
are numerous martyrdom stories associated with various valentines
connected to February 14th, including a written account of
Saint Valentine of Rome's imprisonment for performing weddings for
soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to
Christians persecuted under the Roman empire. According to legend,
saint valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his judge and
he wrote her a letter signed your valentine as a farewell before his
execution. The feast of saint valentine was established by Pope
Gelasius 1st In AD 496 to be celebrated on February 14th
in honour of the Christian martyr Saint Valentine of Rome who had
died on that date in AD 294.
- Valentines Day wiki.
There
are many versions of how Valentines day came about and who its Patron
saint was due to the fact there was many Valentine's who were
martyred for various things however the most common Valentine
accepted was St Valentine from the 3rd century.
Saint
Valentine was a widely recognised 3rd century Roman
saint, commemorated in Christianity on February 14th, from
the high middle ages his saints day has also been associated with the
tradition of courtly love. He is also a patron saint of epilepsy.
Saint
Valentine was a clergyman -Either a Priest or a Bishop- in the Roman
Empire who ministered to persecuted Christians. He was martyred and
his body buried at a Christian cemetery on the via Flaminia close to
the ponte milivo to the north of Rome, on February 14th,
which has been observed as the feast of St Valentine(St Valentines
day) since 496 AD.
-
Saint Valentine wiki.
St
Valentine shouldn't be confused with Valentinus (Also spelled
Valentinius; c.AD100 – c.160) Valentinus was best known and (for a
time) the most successful early Christian gnostic theologian.
Valentinus was a candidate for being a bishop of Rome but stated his
own group/school when he wasn't chosen.
I
don't know how common knowledge it is to how Valentines day started
and for who because of how Valentines day is nowadays. Valentines day
has definitely become very commercialised over the past few years.
Whilst many celebrate it not everyone has the financial means and as
such has some people use arts and crafts to show their love. Although
if you tell your partner you love them everyday and do little acts of
love everyday Valentines Day can get a little redundant.
Since
the 19th
century, handwritten notes have given way to mass-produced greeting
cards. In the UK just under half of the population spend money on
their valentines and around £1.9 billion was spent in 2015 on cards,
flowers chocolates and gifts. The mid-19th
century Valentines day trade was a harbinger of further
commercialized holidays in the U. S. to follow.
- Valentines day wiki
So
if you are on your own, in any form of relationship or just enjoying
life dating
HAPPY
VALENTINE'S DAY TO YOU ALL!!!.
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