How many times have heard me say!
Greetings to all lovers, all those in search of love and also to all those in love with love!
Greetings to all lovers, all those in search of love and also to all those in love with love!
A little 'curiosity about this feast from Wikipedia.
The Valentine's Day is a celebration dedicated to love and celebrated in much of the world (especially in Europe, the Americas and the Far East), February 14.
The feast is named after a Christian saint and martyr Saint Valentine in Terni , and was founded in 496 by Pope Gelasius I, going to replace the earlier pagan festival of Lupercalia, a holiday that, according to a hypothesis advanced by Dionysius of Halicarnassus , recalls the miraculous feeding of the twins Romulus and Remus by a she-wolf who had recently given birth. The festivities took place on February 15 because this month was the culmination of the winter period in which the wolves, hungry, they approached the civilians threatening their herds.
The modern practice of celebration of the festival, centered on the exchange of gifts and messages of love between lovers, probably dates from the early Middle Ages, and in particular could be attributed to the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer which took shape in the tradition of ' and courtly love associated with the recurrence engagement of Richard II and Anne of Bohemia . However, scholars such as Henry Kelly and others have questioned this interpretation. In particular, the betrothal of Richard II would be placed in the May 3, the day dedicated to another saint of the same name of the martyr St. Valentine of Genoa .
Especially in countries of Anglo-Saxon culture, by imitation and elsewhere, the most characteristic feature of the feast of St. Valentine is the exchange of valentine , notes of love often shaped in the form of stylized hearts or according to other themes typical of the popular representation of romantic love (the dove, the image of Cupid with bow and arrow, and so on). In the nineteenth century, this tradition has fueled the industrial production and large-scale marketing of greeting cards dedicated to this event. The Greeting Card Association estimates that each year are dispatched on Feb. 14 about a billion greeting cards, a number that ranks second in this event, as the number of tickets purchased and shipped, after Christmas.
The Valentine's Day is a celebration dedicated to love and celebrated in much of the world (especially in Europe, the Americas and the Far East), February 14.
The feast is named after a Christian saint and martyr Saint Valentine in Terni , and was founded in 496 by Pope Gelasius I, going to replace the earlier pagan festival of Lupercalia, a holiday that, according to a hypothesis advanced by Dionysius of Halicarnassus , recalls the miraculous feeding of the twins Romulus and Remus by a she-wolf who had recently given birth. The festivities took place on February 15 because this month was the culmination of the winter period in which the wolves, hungry, they approached the civilians threatening their herds.
The modern practice of celebration of the festival, centered on the exchange of gifts and messages of love between lovers, probably dates from the early Middle Ages, and in particular could be attributed to the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer which took shape in the tradition of ' and courtly love associated with the recurrence engagement of Richard II and Anne of Bohemia . However, scholars such as Henry Kelly and others have questioned this interpretation. In particular, the betrothal of Richard II would be placed in the May 3, the day dedicated to another saint of the same name of the martyr St. Valentine of Genoa .
Especially in countries of Anglo-Saxon culture, by imitation and elsewhere, the most characteristic feature of the feast of St. Valentine is the exchange of valentine , notes of love often shaped in the form of stylized hearts or according to other themes typical of the popular representation of romantic love (the dove, the image of Cupid with bow and arrow, and so on). In the nineteenth century, this tradition has fueled the industrial production and large-scale marketing of greeting cards dedicated to this event. The Greeting Card Association estimates that each year are dispatched on Feb. 14 about a billion greeting cards, a number that ranks second in this event, as the number of tickets purchased and shipped, after Christmas.
The oldest "valentine" which has left traces in the fifteenth century, and was written by Charles d'Orléans , then held in the Tower of London after the defeat at the Battle of Agincourt (1415 ). Charles turns to his wife with the words: Je suis desja d'amour Tanne, but tres Doulce Valentinée ...
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