February 14 is known as the universal day of lovers. What could be nicer than a special day dedicated to love, in which you say lover, husband, brother, mother how much you love them?
The reason in this day celebrating love, is because it is on the employer Valentine, Saint Valentine was executed for the “crime” of Slavs and young love. In these days, beloved around the world send their poems, greeting cards, flowers, Rava love, candy, etc..
There are many legends that which became February 14 Valentine’s Day, some dating even ancient Rome. But the best known is the following:
Century Rome III was Gothicus Emperor Claudius II, known as the Claudius at Raw. Near the palace there was a beautiful temple where the priest Valentine. The Romans loved him very much and went to the temple only to listen to sermons. In front of the altar, where an eternal burning fire to them inghenuncheau receive blessings. Poor or rich, wise or ignorant, young or old, noble and common people all came in great numbers to Valentine.
The Roman Empire wars were common. Claudius and called his subjects to participate in war every year, for not fighting never stopped. Many Romans had no desire to go to a battle in May that turned much in a fight for the subjugation of other peoples. Married men no longer wanted to leave their families and farms where they went quiet life. Young people did not want to leave loved one even for one day. Because of this, the number of those enrolled in the army emperor decrease with each day that passes. Caludius became very angry, and as a result ordered that any marriage to be celebrated and not be immediately canceled all his engagements. Under these conditions many Romanians have gone to war full of despair, because all they flee was dearer. Legend has it that much between them have not suffered pain and died.
The priest Valentine was very saddened by the emperor, believing that no man is entitled, even Claudius, prohibit marriages. So when a couple of lovers came to the altar or, Valentine decided to secretly Gear. The news went all over Rome, and soon many young couples came to the temple to marry secretly. The priest was friend and confidant to all lovers in the district of Rome. But such can not be kept secret long. So not last long and, at Crud Claudius found out about what is happening and full of rage and anger of the soldiers ordered him and ride him azvarle Valentin in jail. Thinks that no other person of his empire would not dare you to disregard orders. Valentine was dragged from the temple by the king’s soldiers, near pairs expected to be married, and went to jail. In vain they accompanied all his friends. Anger emperor nobody could cope with, the more it’s indulpece heart of stone. Now is where it has gained the nickname Caludius Crud. In prison, Valentine was wilting like a flower that can not stand long without light. Beyond what was most important to him in life, Valentin eventually died. His devoted friends buried him in the church of St. Praxedes. This place exists in Rome and today. All happened in 269, on February 14.
Another legend says that Valentine was one of the Christians who preached the religion in those days from the beginning, that meant something like courage danger and death. For helping some Christian martyrs, Valentine was imprisoned, brought before the prefect of Rome and sued. In jail he was able to cure blindness on the face guard that was in love. When the cruel emperor learned of this miracle, he gave orders that Valentine should be beheaded. In the morning of the execution is said that Valentine sent the keeper’s daughter who wrote an epistle to “With Love From your Valentine”.
Long years before 270, when Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus and was surrounded by wilderness, among the many gods that Romans worshiped them there and one called Lupercus. It was meant to watch over the shepherds and their flocks. In honor of this god, it held a great feast in February of each year and this holiday was called “Lupercalia”. The festival was an echo of the days when Rome was nothing but a larger group of pastors who lived on the Palatine hill. On the calendar used in those days, February came later than today so Lupercalia was a spring festival.
Some believe that the origin of this celebration was in another festival called “Faunus”. Faunus, like Pan was the god of harvest and the shepherds. But the origin Lupercaliei is much older, so nobody can really be sure of the truth. There is no question about its importance. There is evidence that, for example, Mark Antony was the head of the college of priests Luperci. He chose the Lupercalia festival, the year 44 BC, the time for offering the crown to Julius Caesar. Every year, February 15, Luperci priests gather at the cave Lupercal Palantine. Here, according to legend, Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome, were nursed by a she-wolf. In Latin, in fact, the word lupus means wolf. Some of the rituals involved, young women to run the streets dressed in goat skins which they fight with some rope because it was believed that this will be fertile. These garments bear the februatio februa and braided rope. Both coming from a Latin word meaning to purify. Name of February come from this.
Long after Rome became an empire Powerful and important, Lupercalia festival lasted. When Roman armies invaded, what is now France and Britain, in the first century after Christ, they went and on the Lupercalia customs there. Some researchers believe that there is a lottery where during the holidays, the Romans put their name virgins in a box which young people draw, and so finding the pair. They became lovers for a year or more.
After Christianity became powerful, priests have never wanted more practical people wanting to forget the pagan traditions of ancient gods. However they had no wish to do away festivals or sports so they decided to be celebrated as the Lupercalia, but as the Valentine’s day.
During the days of medieval knights, virgins name continued to be extracted by young unmarried, at this day. The girl became Valentina boy for the whole year and it was required in all the time to protect and bears his name. This habit, to draw names for February 14, was considered a good sign for love, and often have the purpose marriage the two men.
Since these things have started to practice it was considered to be Valentine’s Day, a day when love is above all, a day when you have to give but to receive love from the beloved.
History tells us that the first modern celebration of Valentine’s Day, dating from the fifteenth century. The young Duke of Orleans, was captured during the Battle of Agincourt, in 1415 and held prisoner in the Tower of London for many years. He wrote, here, his wife hundreds of poems, true love letters, real valentine. Hence the custom of sending love Rava loved the occasion of February 14. Currently, sixty of these love letters of Duke, can be admired in the Museum of England, including the royal documents.
Valentine flowers that appear only two hundred years ago. They say the king Henry IV of France gave a party in honor of St. Valentine. On this occasion, each ladies received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from the lover that and chose him to be his Valentine. This usually had to spread from France to Italy and England. He soon became a regular custom, a way for you to show love to him wearing lover, sending her flowers and love Rava or heart-shaped candy that bears his name.
Among the symbols of Day of February 14 to include that of Cupid. He is the son of the goddess of love Venus and nestamparat is supposed to be the one who brings love in the hearts of lovers. According to myth, everyone was struck by Cupid’s arrow of love is love first person who’s coming out of your way. This quality has been made that, over decades many legends to debate this topic. Even William Shakespeare in “Dream of a summer night” makes some scenes Ilare on account of characters in his piece. But in the end everything ends well and all lovers are happy. In Romanian mythology Cupid is known by the name of Eros, the son of Aphrodite. Both names are synonymous, in fact, the concept of love.
Cupid has always played a role in celebrating love and lovers. One legend tells us the story of love between him and muritoarea Psyche. Venus was jealous of the beauty of this girl, as to who ordered Cupid to kill. Rather than do that, he fell in love with her and took her to wife. As mortality and was forbidden to look at him. Psyche was the happiest creature until her sister convinced her to look at her husband. To punish her, Cupid he left, Lund with him all the love, breaking her gardens that you loved so much, leaving it in an empty field. Eager to regain her lover, Psyche went to the temple goddess Venus and asked for advice. Venus gave a series of duties una more dangerous than the other.
Among them, the last referring to a journey into the realm of Hades to bring the goddess in a box, a bit of beauty wife of the god of darkness. The hardest task was in hand, but not travel itself, resisting the temptation to not open. Psyche gave as reward and fell into a deadly sleep from which only the immeasurable love that Cupid he could carry him to a wake. Move the love between the two, Venus decided to do it and the goddess.
For the loved one is not important as the symbol of the heart. You gave your heart to someone means of giving your entire being, that heart is the center of our existence. The heart symbolizes the noblest and most deeply human sense: love. Over the centuries it has inspired millions and led to rise above their human condition and to lose in being loved. So heart pierced by Cupid’s arrow, has become the most famous symbols of the day February 14.
There is faith according to which in such romantic days, pigeons find their mate. This idea is shared by people all over the globe, as for the dove and it became one of the symbols of Day indragostitillor while representing purity, meekness and obedience. These birds can not live without their spouse for life and shortly after he disappeared, die in turn. They are the messenger of love and peace symbol on the ground.
