how did this day evolve into a day about love and romance, and how did it become such a worldy phenomenon, they celebrate it in every country worlwide!! who was St. Valentine? and how did it turn into such a big deal? any history buffs help please!
2007-02-13 12:54:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Valentine's Day
On the ancient Athens calendar, the period between mid-January and mid-February was the month of Gamelion, dedicated to the sacred marriage of Zeus and Hera.
In Ancient Rome, February 15 was Lupercalia. Plutarch wrote:
Lupercalia, of which many write that it was anciently celebrated by shepherds, and has also some connection with the Arcadian Lycaea. At this time many of the noble youths and of the magistrates run up and down through the city naked, for sport and laughter striking those they meet with shaggy thongs. And many women of rank also purposely get in their way, and like children at school present their hands to be struck, believing that the pregnant will thus be helped in delivery, and the barren to pregnancy.[3]
The word Lupercalia comes from lupus, or wolf, so the holiday may be connected with the legendary wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus. Lupercalia was a festival local to the city of Rome. The more general Festival of Juno Februa, meaning "Juno the purifier" or "the chaste Juno," was celebrated on February 13-14. Pope Gelasius I (492-496) abolished Lupercalia. Some historians argue that Candlemas (then held on February 14, later moved to February 2) was promoted as its replacement, but this feast was already being celebrated in Jerusalem by AD 381. The pope also declared in 496 that the feast of St. Valentine would be on February 14.
2007-02-13 13:01:11 · answer #1 · answered by cubcowboysgirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
St. Valentine's feast day...
duh hehhhe
lol
have a good one...
2007-02-13 21:18:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋