Monday, February 15, 2010

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY


I hope everyone enjoyed there valentines day with there loved ones. I stumbled across this and thought everyone would enjoy some information on most affectionate day of the year whether it be sending card cards to family, friends, or just saying I love you. Telling someone how much that person means to someone is important.

Valentine’s Day is associated with two saints named Valentine who were martyred on 14th February. People believe that those two saints were martyrs of early christian church in Rome, but scholars of Roman history could not find any satisfactory proof to authenticate this fact.

Due to the absence of any real proven fact, there are many myths and legends associated with this special day. Roman emperor Claudius decided to form a strong army and he felt that young unmarried men would become better soldiers compared to those who have wife and children.

So emperor prohibited marriage in the society and St Valentine realized the injustice of this order and continued to perform marriage of the young lovers secretly denying the royal decree. He was killed by emperor’s order on the 14th of February. Few people believe that St Valentine fall in love with the young daughter of jailer during his imprisonment. This story and myth of Valentine became very popular in France and England in medieval ages.



1 comments:

Linda @ My Trendy Tykes said...

Thanks for the valentine day lesson!!

I hope you enjoyed the day as well.