Valentine Day - History and Myth

Valentine Day - History and Myth
February 14, always in identikan with a special occasion for people that are in love, in love, aka called the day of love, that the term is named Valentine Day, the day where people overtly express affection and love through a spread of the way, be it with the aphorisms of love and seduction words rags or different things like gifts of chocolates, flowers, dolls and thus on.

Valentine Day is always the moment to "freedom of expression in love". How the heck History of Valentine Day to be like that? Consider the following story, yes, let me know the origin of the embryo, aka Valentine Day this term.

Valentine Day - History and Myth

Historians mention that the starting point of Valentine Day originated from Ancient Yunano era, which according to ancient Greek calendar, mid-February is a day of reverence for their god of marriage, the god Zeus with Hera. That's why in mid-February has always carried the day revelry enliven their love of the gods.

History kept rolling, until the time of the golden age of Catholicism in Europe, when Pope Gelasius I in 496 year set February 14 as a day to commemorate the services St. Valentinus, though mentioned that Pope Gelasius I do not know the martyred saints named Valentine. Weird huh?

To reinforce the legend of St. Valentine, the bones from the tomb of Saint Hyppolytus Tibertinus located near Rome, is mentioned as a skeleton corpse St. Valentinus. Then the framework was put in a coffin made of gold and placed in the church Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland by Pope Gregory XVI in 1836. Until now, the golden coffin containing the skeleton is every year on February 14th is always a lot in ziarahi by devotees, and then held a special mass to bless the young people who are drunk romance.

That carries the legend of St. Valentine Day celebration Valentine's Day is removed from the ecclesiastical calendar in 1969 in order to eliminate bogus saints unknown origin.

But the word "Valentine Day" had just tersebutkan in writing in the Middle Ages (14th century) through the literary works of Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, entitled Parlement of Foules (Conversation Birds):

For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne's day
When every foul Cometh there to choose his mate

In that era, each of 14, pairs of lovers exchanging mutual notes or love letters, and called her partner as "My Valentine".

In the modern era, culture and legends of Valentine's Day today is increasingly spreading along with a variety of colonization by the British and Americans across the earth. Coupled with the massive promotion in various media such as television, magazines, newspapers, internet and books, making Valentine's Day is notebonenya cultures derived from this legend become global, so in the puja and awaited the young people.

That's a little story about the history of Valentine Day. Unfortunately, from time to time, the essence of love this day shift function and meaning into a very negative thing in terms of culture and religion. May be useful for you. Choose the appropriate culture to culture and our religion.

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