2007-02-14 06:39:14 · 5 answers · asked by bhbghgjbvmnbncvb 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Saint Valentine.
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2007-02-14 06:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by PossumNight 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A guy named Valentine in the roman days was a cristian. Romans did not like Christians. There was this blind girl (i forgot her name...) and everyone hated her. The Valentine guy said god loves everything about you. Then he was the priest a t a wedding but it was invaded. The husband and wife were thrown into jail but for some reason i also forget Valentine was allowed to stay out. The blind girl delivered a message from Valentine each with a red heart ahaped pice of paper. The husband and wife were in different jail cells. The blind girl helped them find each other but they got caught. THey were going to be exectued in the colleseum. But Valentine said he would be exectued instead. SO everyone had true love. But the blind girl, so Valentine gave her one of the paper hearts before he went to get killed. Once he was in the colluseum the girl hugged at the heart and started crying. Althoough she couldnt see she stared at the peice of paper and a cross appeared and she could see.
THE END
2007-02-14 06:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by Danny ★☮❤ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The origin of the Valentines Day is shrouded in mystery and there are varying opinions about it. Its origin has become theme of many legends. St. Valentines Day as we celebrate today has remnants of both Christian and ancient Roman traditions. According to some legends Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying his decree, which outlawed marriage for young men.
Some legends have it that the Valentines Day originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity on Feb. 14, 269 A.D. Today the Roman Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine, all of whom were martyred. St. Valentine may have been imprisoned and later killed for helping Christians to escape harsh punishment in Roman prisons.
There is an interesting story portraying the love affair between St. Valentine and the jailor's daughter. St. Valentine left a farewell note for her, the note read- "from your Valentine². Valentine's Day is said to have started in the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honour Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans regarded her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the festival of Lupercalia, in honor of Lupercus, the hunter of wolves. Legends aside, the popularity of the Valentines Day rose manifold among the people and in tune with it Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor St. Valentine, the patron saint of love and romance.
2007-02-14 06:44:50 · answer #3 · answered by sweet18apparatus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people invented that day.
it came from italy
the italian emperor banned marriage for his soldiers to be ready for the battles
st.Valentine marriedb them secretly.
the emperor knew and sent him to death
now people celebrate this ocassion
2007-02-14 06:53:54 · answer #4 · answered by evening_dewpoint 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was valentines massarce that started it all, but hallmark, flower shops and candy makers that turned it into whats it become,
2007-02-14 06:44:23 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋