Monday, February 09, 2009 
10:22 PM ♥
In acient Rome, Feb 14 is a holiday to honour Juno, the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses, also known as the Goddess of women and marriage. The next day Feb 15 began the Feast of Lupercalia.
On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia, names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young boy would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, fell in love and married.
Later on, Christian Church endeavoured to do away the pagan element in these feast by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. The Church pastors appear to have chosen St Valentine for the name of the Day for the celebration of the new feast.
Who is St Valentine?
He was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity and died on Feb 14 in year 269. Another story has it that St Valentine served as a priest during the reign of Emperor Claudius who had Valentine jailed for defying him and people left notes and cards folded up and hidden in cracks in the rocks for him while he was in jail (the origin of "Valentine Card"); in year 496, Pope Gelasius set aside Feb 14 to honour St Valentine.
On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia, names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young boy would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, fell in love and married.
Later on, Christian Church endeavoured to do away the pagan element in these feast by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. The Church pastors appear to have chosen St Valentine for the name of the Day for the celebration of the new feast.
Who is St Valentine?
He was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity and died on Feb 14 in year 269. Another story has it that St Valentine served as a priest during the reign of Emperor Claudius who had Valentine jailed for defying him and people left notes and cards folded up and hidden in cracks in the rocks for him while he was in jail (the origin of "Valentine Card"); in year 496, Pope Gelasius set aside Feb 14 to honour St Valentine.
(taken from TPJC.net)
well,valentine day is an important day to me
equally important as the friendship week because this is the best time of all to show your love for others
but the problem is . . . i have not start doing the gifts -_-
siqin
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