情人节的来历(Valentinex27sDayorigins)

1、情人节的来历(Valentine'sDayorigins)情人节的来历(Valentine'sDayorigins)情人节的来历(Valentine'sDayorigins)everyfebruary,acrossthecountry,candy,flowers,andgiftsareexchangedbetweenlovedones,allinthenameofst.valentine.butwhoisthismysterioussaintandwhydowecelebratethisholiday?thehistoryofvalentine'sday-and

2、itspatronsaint-isshroudedinmystery.butwedoknowthatfebruaryhaslongbeenamonthofromanee.st.valentine'sday,asweknowittoday,containsvestigesofbothchristianandancientromantradition.so,whowassaintvalentineandhowdidhebecomeassociatedwiththisancientrite?today,thecatholicchurchrecognizesatleastthreediffer

3、entsaintsnamedvalentineorvalentinus,allofwhomweremartyred.february14isvalentine'sday.itiscelebratedasalovers'holidaytoday,withthegivingofcandy,flowers,orothergiftsbetweencouplesinlove.valentine'sdayhasrootsinseveraldifferentlegendsthathavefoundtheirwaytousthroughtheages.inromeit'ssai

4、dthatitoriginatedin5thcenturyasatributetost.valentine,acatholicbishop.foreighthundredyearspriortotheestablishmentofivalentine'sday,theromanshadpracticedapagancelebrationinmid-februarycommemoratingyoungmen'sriteofpassagetothegodlupercus.thecelebrationfeaturedalotteryinwhichyoungmenwoulddrawth

5、enamesofteenagegirlsfromabox.thegirlassignedtoeachyoungmaninthatmannerwouldbehisfemalecompanionduringtheremainingyear.inanefforttodoawaywiththepaganfestival,popegelasiusorderedaslightchangeinthelottery.insteadofthenamesofyoungwomen,theboxwouldcontainthenamesofsaints.bothmenandwomenwereallowedtodrawf

6、romthebox,andthegamewastoemulatethewaysofthesainttheydrewduringtherestoftheyear.needlesstosay,manyoftheyoungromanmenwerenottoopleasedwiththerulechanges.insteadofthepagangodlupercus,thechurchlookedforasuitablepatronsaintoflovetotakehisplace.theyfoundanappropriatechoiceinvalentine,who,inad270hadbeenbe

7、headed3byemperorclaudius.claudiushaddeterminedthatmarriedmenmadepoorsoldiers.sohebannedmarriagefromhisempire.butvalentinewouldsecretlymarryyoungmenthatcametohim.whenclaudiusfoundoutaboutvalentine,hefirsttriedtoconverthimtopaganism.butvalentinereversedthestrategy,tryinginsteadtoconvertClaudius.whenhe

8、failed,hewasstonedandbeheaded.duringthedaysthatvalentinewasimprisoned,hefellinlovewiththeblinddaughterofhisjailer.hisloveforher,andhisgreatfaith,managedtomiraculouslyhealherfromherblindnessbeforehisdeath.beforehewastakentohisdeath,hesignedafarewellmessagetoher,fromyourvalentine.thephrasehasbeenusedo

9、nhisdayeversince.althoughthelotteryforwomenhadbeenbannedbythechurch,themid-februaryholidayincommemorationofst.valentinewasstilledusedbyromanmentoseektheaffectionofwomen.itbecameatraditionforthementogivetheonestheyadmiredhandwrittenmessagesofaffection,containingvalentine'sname.anothervalentinewas

10、anitalianbishopwholivedataboutthesametime,ad200.hewasimprisonedbecausehesecretlymarriedcouples,contrarytothelawsoftheromanemperor.somelegendssayhewasburnedatthestake.february14wasalsoaromanholiday,heldinhonorofagoddess.youngmenandomlychosethenameofayounggirltoescorttothefestivities.thecustomofchoosi

11、ngasweetheartonthisdatespreadthrougheuropeinthemiddleages,andthentotheearlyamericancolonies.throughouttheages,peoplealsobelievedthatbirdspickedtheirmatesonfebruary14!inad496saintpopegelasiusinamedfebruary14asvalentine'sday.althoughit'snotanofficialholiday,mostamericansobservethisday.thefirst

12、valentinecardgrewoutofthispractice.thefirsttruevalentinecardwassentin1415bycharles,dukeoforleans,tohiswife.hewasimprisonedinthetoweroflondonatthetime.cupid,anothersymboloftheholiday,becameassociatedwithitbecausehewasthesonofvenus,theromangodofloveandbeauty.heisrepresentedbytheimageofayoungboywithbowandarrow.cupidoftenappearsonvalentinecards.whatevertheodd