Origin of Valentine

People were in love since time immemorial. It would be unfair to assign particular history and origin of love and feelings that come with. But Saint Valentine day celebrating love in the world, certainly has a history and origin of its own. February is historically chosen to be the month of love and romance and the month to celebrate Valentine's day. May overhang the flood of feelings drenched love, hatching of porridge "being in love" and the pervasion of Red everywhere where the calendar turns to February? No.. None of us can! For, the only thing that is intimately linked to the month of February is Valentine - the most coveted celebration after a day of Christmas and aside for rule of let love around the world. Come what may, the hype hype in what surrounds Valentine's ever pass unnoticed, any part of the world you are located! And, incidentally, Valentine's day is the 2nd largest high-sending occasion, after Christmas card.

Valentin has the shade of the Christian and the Roman traditions. Celebrated famous 14 February each year, some believe that Valentine's day has its history and its origins in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia. He was an annual feast and celebration by the Romans to keep fear of wolves in the Bay of damaging their cultures. Lupercalia was celebrated on 15 February with young men hitting women because it was believed that these moves would be more fertile. This association of Lupercalia with fertility is probably one of the reasons why Valentine's day is connected to this ancient Roman festival. Also, on the eve of Lupercalia, which is February 14, he was very popular for young women to find their partners for the festival. Romantic Valentine's traced to this practice.

No matter what that history and the origin of Valentine's day includes, it certainly includes this patron saint named St. Valentine. Own story has now that there was more than a legend related to St. Valentine. Adding two legends, we now know that there were two saints (of the same name Valentine) belonging to the early Christian Church. Legend holds that when the Roman Emperor Claudius II prohibits young men to marry to the best soldiers of single men, a priest named Valentine defied orders and secretly married young couples. Therefore, he was beheaded on February 14 for her "crime". Some even take that Valentine was killed for trying to help Christians escape atrocities in Roman prisons. But whatever the facts, since, February 14 to be celebrated as Valentin commemorating the patron of persons in love worldwide. Another story tells of an another Valentine, who was the favorite of kids, but was despised by the Romans for its religious contempt. The Romans had him behind bars, but children still managed to send messages of funds to their favorite Valentine. Current custom of exchanging messages of love Valentine may have roots in this centuries-old history.

Still another legend holds that when Valentine was in prison, he fell in love with the daughter of the prison guard. History says that, before his death, he wrote a letter to his beloved Goodbye: "from your Valentine". It was not known to what extent these Valentine legends related to its origin are true, but this expression of your Valentine' certainly caught hold as forest fires. And people still send gifts and cards on Valentine's day with this tag hanging from them - "from your Valentine"! If you keep the tradition goes too.

Americans probably began exchanging Valentine's handmade cards in the early years of the 18th century. And, around 1840, a person called Esther a. Howland began selling the first production of big wishes of Valentines in America. Now, outside of all facts and figures of origin and the history of Valentine's day, one thing is certain is the choice of February the month to celebrate love. In ancient Rome, February was the official kick-off month for the spring season and a time to feel glad all over again. Then in the middle age, it was quite a popular belief France and England that February has been mating of birds in season. All these and much more generally contribute to the consolidation of mid-February, time for Valentines.

Finally, 498 AD, Pope Pope Gelasius I declare February 14th as Saint Valentine!

Sean Carter writes on holidays, Valentine's day and world events. He has also written on family, relationships, celebrations, religion, love and friendship. He is a writer with a special interest for the eCard industry and writes for 123greetings.com. He is an active blogger at blog de Valentin.