History of Valentine's Day by muhda
This time we will share about the origin or history so it is said valentine day's day and what exactly valentine's meaning. So, you do not come along to celebrate Valentine's Day.
The history of Valentine's Day
Valentine day's is a very synonymous day with love, romantic poetry, which has shifted from true love. Let's see what that valentine day means.
The meaning of Valentine day's
February 14th is a day of celebration against the death of a Christian hero namely: St. Valentine, this incident occurred exactly on February 14, 270 M.
Valentine day's is a place where people who are in love, sending messages of love and gifts between each other, the day that saint valentine died as a hero who firmly defend his beliefs.
The usual Valentine is said to be a messenger from rhaetia and glorified in Passau as the first bishop.
That is the meaning behind the name of valentine day's, now let's see how the history of valentine day's day's origins.
The Origin of Valentine Day's History
This feast is one of the feasts of the Roman Paganis (the worship of idols), the Romans have worshiped idols since 17 centuries ago. So this valentine holiday is a title to the love of their gods.
About the history of this valentine there are many versions that mention, but of the many versions concluded that Valentine's Day does not have a clear background at all.
This celebration has existed since the 4th century BC, held on 15 February, a celebration aimed at honoring a god called Lupercus, a fertility god, symbolized half-naked and dressed in goat skin. The event is in the form of ceremony and inside it interspersed withdrawal of lucky draw for the couple. By pulling a roll of paper containing the name, the girls get a partner. Then they marry for a period of one year, after which they can be abandoned. And when they're on their own, they write his name to put in the drawing box again at the next year's ceremony.
Meanwhile, on February 14, 269 AD, a Christian priest died, also known as a generous physician named Valentine.
He lived in a kingdom that was then led by the infamous Emperor Claudius. He hates this emperor very much. Claudius was ambitious to have a large army, he wanted all the men in his kingdom to join him.
Unfortunately, this desire is not supported. Men are reluctant to engage in war. Because they do not want to leave the family and the lover's heart. This made Claudius angry, he immediately ordered his officials to do a crazy idea.
Claudius thought that if men were not married, they would be happy to join the military. Then Claudius forbade marriage. The young couple at the time considered this decision so unreasonable. Hence St. Valentine refused to do it.
St. Valentine continues to perform his duties as a pastor, ie marry couples who are in love even in secret. This action was finally known by the emperor who immediately gave him a warning, but he ignored and still bless the marriage in a small chapel that is only illuminated by candlelight.
Until one night, he was caught blessing one of the couples. The couple managed to escape, but unfortunate St. Valentine was caught. He was thrown into prison and sentenced to death by beheaded.
Since the death of Valentine (February 14), the story has spread and spread, so that not a remote part of Rome has not heard of his life and death. Grandfather and grandmother tale the story of Saint Valentine in children and grandchildren to the level of cult.
As Catholicism begins to flourish, church leaders want to contribute to the role. To deal with them, they are looking for a new character in lieu of the god of mercy, Lupercus. Eventually they found Lupercus's successor, St. Valentine.
In AD 494, Pope Gelasius I changed the Lupercaria ceremony held every February 15 to the official celebration of the church. Two years later, the Pope replaced the date of the celebration to February 14, which coincided with the date of St. Valentine's death as a form of reverence and cult for Saint Valentine. Thus the celebration of Lupercaria no longer exists and is replaced with "Valentine Days"
The skeletal remains extracted from the tomb of Saint Hyppolytus he Via Tibertinus near Rome, were identified as the bodies of St. Valentinus. Then put in a golden box and sent to the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland. This body was given to them by Pope Gregory