The origin of Valentine’s Day is not 100% known exactly how the holiday came around. There are so many stories to which none of them are 100% proven to be true. What is the Origin/history of Valentine’s Day? There are several historical versions of the origin and history of this widely celebrated holiday. All of which have basically the same story line and same major events in the stories. The Valentines Day origin story that is most appealing to me from my sources is “The History of Valentine’s Day”.
Valentine’s Day started off as a Roman holiday as the saint St. Valentine was killed by the ruler at the time, Emperor Claudius ll. St. Valentine wasn’t killed by Claudius himself but Claudius ordered the execution of St. Valentine for going against the law in Rome. The specific rule Valentine was going against was a rule of law that Claudius put in place because he figured that single men fought better in wars than married men. So he placed a rule basically restricting young men under a certain age to get married.
St. Valentine thought the right thing to do was to continue to carry out secret marriages to couples who were under the restricted age to marry. Soon Claudius found out about this and swiftly had St. Valentines executed for his “crimes”. The Holiday was accepted but with the slow rise of Christianity at the time the Lupercalia was soon outlawed and deemed “un-Christian”. Now the holiday is celebrated by all people of all ethnic groups and religions and is always celebrated on the 14th of every February of every year.
Valentine’s Day also offers a mythical being called Cupid. Cupid would shoot his heart shaped bow and arrow at anybody, making them fall in love with one another. Cupid was not always in the Valentine’s day holiday but was later made a symbolic figure of the Fall Holiday. Cupid is from greek mythology who is the son of venus.
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