| The enchanting story of Valentine's Day
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| | St. Valentine. This remained a Church
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| began as "A day when the lover's began
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| | holiday until 1969, when Pope Paul VI
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| to mate." A peek through the history of
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| | removed it from the Church's calendar.
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| Valentine's Day suggests that a blend of
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| | The religious meaning associated with
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| Roman Paganism and Catholic history is
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| | Valentine's Day roots have allowed it to
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| associated with its origin.
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| | continue as a holiday. Another well-known
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| The earliest origin of the day suggest
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| | tale is that Valentine fell in love with
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| that during the fourth century BC,
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| | a young maiden who was blind. She might
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| Valentine's Day was connected with the
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| | have been the jailor's daughter.
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| Feast of Lupercal. The Feast of Lupercal
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| | Valentine's love for her, and his great
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| was a pagan festival comprised of
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| | faith, managed to miraculously heal her
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| celebrations of nature. It was held in
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| | from her blindness. And before his death
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| honor of Juno, the queen of the Roman
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| | execution, he sent a letter to her
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| gods and goddesses. Juno was also the
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| | including the popular line, "From your
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| goddess of women and marriage, so
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| | Valentine." This expression continues to
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| honoring her was thought to be a
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| | be the popular lingo of Valentine's Day,
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| fertility rite. The celebration featured
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| | even today.Comprehension at greater
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| a lottery in which young men drew the
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| | depths reveals that the spread and
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| names of teenage girls from a box.
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| | popularity of Valentine's Day is directly
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| Letters written from the respective girls
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| | proportional to the wearing away of
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| would accompany these names. What
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| | paganism with Christianity as a
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| followed was an arbitrary matching: the
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| | substitute. In an effort to Christianize
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| chosen woman would be the man's sexual
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| | celebrations of the pagan festival, the
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| companion during the remaining year. The
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| | Christian Church may have decided to
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| most popular legend traces back the
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| | celebrate Valentine's Day. To replace the
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| history of Valentine's Day to the
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| | pagan god Lupercus, the Church found an
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| Christian martyr St. Valentine. St.
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| | appropriate choice in Valentine.The
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| Valentine was a priest who served Rome
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| | conception of Valentine's Day was
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| during the third-century reign of Emperor
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| | probably imported into North America in
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| Claudius II. The Emperor outlawed
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| | the nineteenth century with settlers from
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| marriage for young men; according to him,
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| | Britain. Although the accuracy behind the
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| single men made better soldiers than
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| | Valentine legends is ambiguous, the tales
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| those with wives and families. Realizing
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| | highlight the appeal of St. Valentine as
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| the injustice of the decree, Valentine
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| | a romantic and heroic figure. This
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| defied Claudius and continued to perform
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| | qualifies him as an immensely popular
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| marriages for young lovers and united
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| | idol throughout the ages.Valentine's Day
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| them through secret societies. As a
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| | provides detailed information on
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| consequence of his actions, he was exiled
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| | Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day Gifts,
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| around 270 AD.As per official records, in
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| | Valentine's Day Gift Baskets, Valentine's
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| 496 AD., Pope Gelasius declared February
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| | Day Cards and more. Valentine's Day is
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| 14 as an official holiday, in the name of
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| | affiliated with Mexican Holidays.
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