Friday, February 11, 2011

Valentine Day : The Story Behind

All of u, excited and overwhelmed about the upcoming Valentine Day to spent the most beautiful moment with their love of life. Here is the true story behind 14th Feb : The VDay.

Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine specially from Rome and Terni. There are varioius distinct stories behind of these Valentines but no romantic elements are present in the original early medieval biographies of any of these martyrs. By the time a Saint Valentine became linked to romance in the 14th century, who was buried on 14th February.

According to Legenda Aurea, the Roman Emperor Claudius II forced the men to remain single to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men against the Emperor. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer.

As per sayings : On the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he had written the first "valentine" card himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved, as the jailer's daughter whom he had befriended and healed or both. It was a note that read "From your Valentine". 

Since then, Valentine's Day is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.

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