14 February 2018 - Love: A Brief History

St. Valentine's Day

"How did this holiday become associated with lovers?"

St. Valentine was straight up murdered for his faith and we celebrate by giving each other chocolates.

Story goes, my man Valentine was put to the test of proving the power of Jesus Christ Himself by restoring the sight to a daughter of a Roman judge.

Valentine succeeded in healing the girl and because of this miracle the judge released all the Christian prisoners from jail. He also converted the judge to Christianity and baptized him.

Now since Valentine did this, he got mad popular.

This judge brought him to the emperor Claudius II.

Claudius wasn't having any of Valentine's faith and demanded he renounce Christianity or be beaten and beheaded.

I guess you can tell Valentine did not renounce his faith so he was beaten and beheaded.

Now because Valentine died for his faith he was given a martyrdom.

However, not much was known about Valentine and this story might not be entirely accurate since our man Valentine died around 270 A.D.

This day that was dedicated to Valentine sat in obscurity

UNTIL

18th century antiquarians (people who read really old books) Alban Butler and Francis Douce suggested that the day was actually created to replace Lupercalia.

Lupercalia was also known as Februa.

Sound Familiar??

I wrote about this in my Groundhog Day post!

Part of this celebration was health and fertility.

There is actually nothing anywhere saying that St. Valentine was the patron saint of lovers.

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve

This expression is usually used for expressing your feelings openly. Back in the day, boys would wear the name of their lady love on paper pinned to them.

This girl is super mad at this boy because her name ain't no where to be seen.

He's also some mad player or just thinks he's St. Valentines gift to the ladies.

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