Apan, una sa tanan, kada tuig man kitang nag-celebrate sa Valentine’s Day, kinsa man si Saint Valentine? “Valentine was a Roman priest and physician who suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Christians by the Emperor Claudius II Gothicus about 270.” Gilubong siya sa Via Flaminica, diin si Pope Julius I mitukod og basilica ibawbaw sa iyang lubong.
Nganong February 14 man? Sumala sa nasayran, duha kini silang ginganlan og Valentine. “Two Valentines preaching the good word in Rome in the third century. One of these two Valentines was martyred on February 14, 269. So, pagsaulog kini sa sumad sa pagka-martyr ni Saint Valentine.
Nganong na-associated man kini sa adlaw sa paghigugmaay? “Legend has it that while in jail, St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer’s daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it “From Your Valentine.” The English poet Geoffrey Chaucer was the first to record St. Valentine’s Day as a day of romantic celebration in his 1375 poem “Parliament of Fowles.”
Ug sa atong panahon, gi-commercialize na kini, diin mao nay mopasuwabi ang “boxes of chocolate, bouquets of flowers, romantic dinners, heart-shaped cakes and pastries, ug nagkalainlaing matang sa Valentine’s cards. Usahay, haranahan ka pa. Wala nay labut si Saint Valentine sa kasaulogan pahinungod kaniya.
“According to The New York Times, it’s possible that the holiday is based on a combination of two men. There were, after all, two Valentines (sa ato nang gihisgutan sa unahan) executed on February 14 (albeit in different years) by Roman Emperor Claudius II in the 3rd century. It’s believed that the Catholic Church may have established St. Valentine’s Day to honor these men.
“It’s possible that one of these men, Saint Valentine of Terni, had been secretly officiating weddings for Roman soldiers against the emperor’s wishes, making him, in some eyes, a proponent of love.”
Laing legend: “It is said that St. Valentine wrote the first “valentine” greeting to a young girl he tutored while he was imprisoned for the crimes outlined above. According to The History Channel, before his death, he wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine.”(sa atong giingon sa unahan), which remains a commonly used phrase to this day.’
Hinuon, kining maong matang sa mga sugilanon sa gugma, kining maong mga romantic anecdotes are only legends, though St. Valentine is still recognized as a saint.”
“Chaucer was the first to link love with St. Valentine in his 14th-century works.” Mao usab kini ang unang adlaw sa spring sa Britain, “because it was the beginning of birds’ mating season—perfectly appropriate for a celebration of affection.”
“The mid-19th century marked the beginning of many of the commercialized Valentine’s Day traditions we know today. Around this time, the “Mother of the American Valentine” Esther Howland, only in her early 20s, popularized store-bought English-style valentines in America, thanks to her innovative assembly line process that made the elaborate cards affordable.
“By the early 1910s, an American company that would one day become Hallmark began distributing its more official “Valentine’s Day cards.” The rest, of course, is history.