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Valentine’s Day

By Arlene Rodman Chaucer associated the day with a feast day.
Over the centuries the holiday evolved, and by the 19th
Have you ever wondered century, gift giving and exchanging of Valentine’s cards had
why we celebrate Valentine’s become common in England. The tradition of sending the
Day and send greeting cards to cards had not become widespread in the United States until
people? How did this holiday 1850, when Esther A. Howland, a Mt. Holyoke graduate and
of love and romance originate? a native of Worchester, Mass.; began mass producing them.
And more importantly, how Today, 25% of all cards sent in the United States each year
did St. Valentine become are Valentines, a huge commercial success, according to the
involved? The answers to the Greeting Card Association of America.
questions are not easy. The Each year before February 14 we peruse the store shelves
history of St. Valentine’s Day for a special card for a loved one. More than 163 million cards
is obscured and more clouded by various fanciful legends. eventually apprehended by the Romans and put to death on are exchanged in the United States yearly. And it’s not only
The holiday’s roots are in the ancient festival of Lupercalia, February 14, 273. an American phenomenon. Valentine’s Day is celebrated in
a fertility celebration commemorated annually on February Another legend States that St. Augustine, imprisoned by Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Australia,
14. Pope Galasius recast this pagan festival as Christian feast Claudius, fell in love with the daughter of the jailor. Before Italy and Denmark.
day circa 496, declaring February 14 to be St. Valentine’s Day. he was executed, he allegedly sent her a letter signed “from Regardless of how this started a long time ago, Valentine’s
Which St. Valentine this early Pope intended to honor your Valentine.” It wasn’t until the 14th century that this Day is a wonderful opportunity to let special people in
remains a mystery. According to the Catholic encyclopedia, Christian feast day became definitely associated with love. your life know how much you love them. Did you send a
there were 3 Christian saints by the name. One was a priest According to UCLA medieval scholar Henry Angar Valentine’s Day card to someone this month?
in Rome, another a Bishop in Terni. And of a third virtually Kelly, author of Chaucer and the Cult of St. Valentine, it was HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
nothing is known except that he met his end in Africa. Rather Chaucer who first linked St. Valentine’s Day with romance.
astonishingly all three St. Valentines were said to be martyred He composed a poem in honor of the engagement of England’s Arlene Rodman is a freelance writer in Boca Raton. Email:
on February 14. king Richard II to Anne of Bohemia. As was the tradition, writerdidi@aol.com. 
Most scholars believe that St. Valentine of the holiday
was a priest who attracted the disfavor of Roman Emperor
Claudius II around 270. According to one legend, Claudius u Gold u Fine Artwork u Silver u Antiques
II had prohibited marriage for young men, claiming that
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