(1) VALENTINE WAS A ROMAN PRIEST AND
PATRON OF LOVERS WHO WAS MARTYRED
D U R I N G T H E S A C K O F R O M E A N D
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS BY CLAUDIUS
II, AND WAS BURIED IN ROME. A BISHOP OF
TERINI (ITALY) MARTYRED IN ROME AND HIS
REMAINS WERE TAKEN BAK TERINI.
THAT LUPERCALIA WAS A PAGAN FEAST
CELEBRATED ON FEBRUARY 15 IN HONOUR
OF THE PASTORAL GOL LUPERCALIA, WHO
HAD MANY LOVE AFFAIRS WITH NYMPHS AND
GODDESSES, DURING THAT FEAST NAMES OF
YOUNG WOMAN WERE PUT IN A POT AND A
DRAW WAS HELD. YOUNG MEN THEN DREW
THESE NAMES AND THOSE THAT MATCHES
EACH OTHER STAYED TOGETHER FOR THE
REST OF THE YEAR, WHICH BEGAN IN MARCH.
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THE LUPERCALIA WAS ABLOISHED BY POPE
GELASIUS I IN THE TATE 5TH CENTURY BUT
THE TRADITION ALLOWED TO MARGE WITH
THE CELEBRATIONS OF FEBRUARY 14 ST,
VALENTINE, S FEAST DAY.
W.LEERUTH THE SENDING OF LOVE NOTES ON FEBRUARY
14 AROSE IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND
APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTIAL.
WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME THE VARITY OF
VALENTINE,S DAY CARDS AND PURCHASERS
HAVE BEEN IN CREASING. MOST OF THE
C A R D S C A R R Y T H E P I C T U R E S O F
TRADITIONAL DEEP RED HEART, LOVERS,
KNOT, FLOWERS, CARTOONS OF ANIMALS
MAKING FACES AND OTHER CHARACTERS.
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