What does Valentine's Day mean, and why is it celebrated?

Let's start with Valentine's or Valentine's. In fact, there are some Valentines, all martyrs, related to the party. Anyway, Valentine's Day is the most famous.

Under Claudius II, the Roman army consisted almost exclusively of single men. To save lives, Valentin, who was bishop of Tern at the time, married couples to keep the men out of the war.

Sadly, the emperor of São liked this romance and cut off the bishop's head on the outskirts of Rome.

There's another story less violent than that. A man named Valentin, imprisoned by the Romans, sent a letter to the woman who loved the signature from your Valentine. And it says that letter promoted Valentine's cards.

That explains why the name is related to love, but does it explain the party?

The merits belong to Lupercalia, the pagan-Roman holiday for fetishity. During the festival, a goat and a dog were sacrificed. Plumphs were dipped in blood, and women were stained with the skin of dead animals. We don't know how, but that was supposed to make it more fun.

As for the finale of Lupercalia é, named after Lupa, the ulcer that raised Remi and Romulin. Women put their names in a basket, and the men chose them. Couples formed by chance stayed together until the end of the festival. Usually, they got married.

At the end of the 5th century, Lupercalia was banned by Pope Gelasius, who declared Valentine's Day February 14th. Much later, this day began to relate to love. In England and France it was believed that in the middle of February, because birds begin mateing, love should be celebrated.

Kuppi is a symbol of Valentine's because, according to old Greek poets, he was a handsome immortal who played with the emotions of the gods and humans through golden arrows that stirred love. During the Hellenistic period, he came to be imagined as a healthy, backward child.

The commercial side of Valentine's, with cards and presents, originated in the 19th century with Esther Allenlaw.

According to a 2017 Time article, Howland is considered the mother of American Valentine. During the 1850 ' s, Valentine's cards were very expensive and imported from Europe.

Howland decided to do it on its own and sell it at a reasonable price. At the top of her career, she made $100,000 a year, which by present standards amounts to billions.