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Valentine’s Day
Story
He is associated with a tradition of courtly love since the High Middle Ages.
Christianity venerates him on February 14.
Nobody knows exactly who was him.
Saint Valentine
There are three posibilities:
a) A Christian executed (3rd century).b) A Christian priest executed (AD 270).c) A Christian who fell in love staying in
prison (3rd century).
Who was Saint Valentine?
A Christian priest executed (AD 270) during the govern of Claudius II because he performed forbidden marriages secretly of roman soldiers.
This happened when the emperor needed a lot of soldiers.
A Christian Priest
Saint Valentine receives a rosary from the Virgin, by David Teniers III
He was a Roman executed because he was a Christian.
While he was in prison, he fell in love with the daughter of the prison keeper.
He wrote a letter to her, signing it
A Christian who fell in love in prison
`from your valentine´.
After being exhumed from the cemetery in Via Flaminia, on the initiative of his disciples, St Valentine was carried to Terni.
Terni
Today, it is an important destination for couples.
The origin of this Christian festivity is, as much others, in a pagan festivity known as festival of Lupercalia.
Lupercalia was a Roman festivity celebrated on 15 February.
What is the origin of this festivity?
This festivitiy was christened, like Christmas.
Valentine’s Day
Questions
The daughter of his prison keeper.
Who was he in love with?
Because the emperor needed a lot of soldiers during wartime.
Why was it forbidden to marry soldiers?
Festival of Lupercalia
What is the origin of this festivity?
