19.2.07

St. Valentine's Day!! Y



















February 14 is the Day of St. Valentine's, Probably is one of the most popular celebrations of the calendar, beautiful date in which millions of persons about the world we interchange cards, messages and gifts to demonstrate the love, the fondness and the friendship that we feel for our more dear beings.Y

Origins:
In 1969 it was the Church who it decided to choose the St. Valentine's day and to decide that February 14 would be the day indicated for this festivity. In honor of the god Lupercus, who was coming from the former Roman tradition. But undoubtedly someone has been the people who decided San Valentín like one day of love. The Day of San Valentín is celebrated in almost all parts, as it is practised today, this custom began in the countries of language English in the 19th century and some years ago thanks to the Internet magic came not only to our Latin countries, but also to everything to the world. Across the centuries there are Developed many legends and traditions trying to explain the origin of this so special day, this one is one of them:

Leyend:
270 A.D. (Rome). To the emperor Claudio 3, which alone he was thinking about the war, he gave to him for thinking that the married men doesn't centrarian at the moment of fighting because were thinking about his families, and that the bachelors were better welded. So prohibited the marriage. Certainly, the news was not received well. Valentín, a Christian, decided to complain and privately it began to join the couples of young men in love When the emperor discovered it he made detain Valentín and tried to convince him in order that he was resigning the christianity, since not got condemned it to dead
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credits:

http://www.history.com/minisites/valentine/

http://www.holidays.net/amore/

http://valentines-day.123holiday.net/

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