History of Valentine

What is Valentine's Day? Valentine's Day or Valentines Day is also Called, on the 14th of February is a day where lovers and Those Who Are in love declares his love in the Western World. The dark origins as a Roman Catholic Feast Day of Saint Valentine is discussed in the article. Some readers may want to read the entry Valentinius anyway. This Feast is now Mainly associated with lovers of a mutual exchange of notions in the form of "valentines". Modern Valentine symbols, Among others, including a heart-shaped cards and a picture of a Cupid (UK: cupid) winged. Starting the 19th century, the tradition of writing notisi declaration of love started mass production of greeting cards.

The Greeting Card Association (U.S. Greeting Card Association) estimates approximately one billion worldwide That valentine cards are sent per year. This makes this holiday is the second Biggest after Christmas holiday greeting cards are sent where. Regular gifts of roses and Chocolates. A date on Valentine's Day is Often thought That Who Are involved dating couples in a serious relationship. Actually, Valentine was a day of romance, not just the girlfriend or boyfriend, Valentine is the Biggest day in terms of romance and are not necessarily Valentine besides not feel the love. In the United States this holiday last public utterance associated with Platonic love "Happy Valentine's", the which can be spoken by men to Their female friends, or, male friends to boyfriends and Girlfriends to his lady.

Historical Facts

The Valentines Honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. M. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae). Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who was martyred about AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. His Relics are at the Church of Saint Praxed in Rome, and at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland. By the time a Saint Valentine Became linked to romance in the 14th century, distinctions the between Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni were the resource persons utterly lost. In the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the Feast Day of Saint Valentine on February 14 was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular (local or even national) calendars for the following reason: "Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except That he was buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14. " 

Legends

The Early Medieval Acta were the resource persons of either Saint Valentine briefly expounded in Legenda Aurea. According to That version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudiusto Christianity instead. Since Legenda Aurea still provided no connections whatsoever with sentimental love,Appropriate Embroidered lore has been in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedlyordering That Remain single young men.  The priestValentine, however, secretly performed marriage Ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he Had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. There is anadditional modern embellishment to The Golden Legend, provided by American Greetingsto History.com, and widely repeated despite having no historical basis whatsoever. 

Modern Times

Fancy Valentines were the resource persons made with real lace and Ribbons, with paper lace introduced in the mid-19th century.  The Classic practice of sending Valentine's cards was established enough to feature as a plot device in Elizabeth Gaskell's Mr. Since 2001, the Greeting Card Association has been giving an annual" Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary. "Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates approximately 190 million That valentines are sent each year in the U.S. When you include the-exchange valentine cards made in school activities the figure goes up to 1 billion, and Teachers Become the people receiving the most valentines.  An estimated 15 million e-valentines were the resource persons sent in 2010.Social media has played a great role in commercializing Valentine's Day in a big manner. Businesses Preparing for capitalizing starts Social Media for Valentine's Day well in advance.

Valentines of The Mind 19th and Early 20th Centuries

              

   

Postcards, "pop-ups", and mechanical Valentines, circa 1900–1930

                

Children's Valentines