{"id":1328,"date":"2016-02-10T23:21:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T23:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifereader.com.au\/articles\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2016-02-10T23:21:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T23:21:15","slug":"the-roots-of-st-valentines-day-and-what-it-means-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifereader.com.au\/articles\/the-roots-of-st-valentines-day-and-what-it-means-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roots of St. Valentine\u2019s Day and what it means for you!"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the beginning of time to love wasn\u2019t easy, in fact it can be one of the toughest and most memorable things a person can go through, as it shows here in the roots of Valentine\u2019s Day. This day dates back to the pre-roman times; back then this day was called Lupercalia. This was a festival that lasted from February 13 to February 15, to avert evil spirits and to cleanse the city.<\/p>\n

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This was because they believed it release\u2019s good health and fertility.
\nNext, Latin Christian\u2019s choose mid-February for St Valentine\u2019s Day in order to Christianizes the celebration. However, no one really knows exactly who St Valentine is because there are a couple Valentines in Christian history. One was sentenced to death for preforming illegal marriage ceremony\u2019s after empress Claudius banned marriage of roman soldiers because she believed that a single soldier was a better soldier, then one who was married. This Valentine gave his life for the love of others.<\/p>\n

After that, Pope Gelasius declared February 14 as Valentines Day in the 5 century AD. It wasn\u2019t until the 1300\u2019s, that the holiday would forever be related to love. Back then people believe that February 14 was the day the birds started to mate, bringing love chirps to the air.<\/p>\n

Later, in the 15th century the first valentine\u2019s cards began to appear and by the 17 century people in Britain started their valentine\u2019s traditions and soon after America caught on. This lead to the first mass prediction of Valentine\u2019s Day cards in the 1840\u2019s.<\/p>\n