People all over the world celebrate Valentines day as a day of romance and 2 people who felt in love to each other.
Entire celebration has a root in couple of legends about Valentine:
One legend is connecting name of Valentine with an Italian bishop who secretly married couples against the law of Roman emperor and therefore he was jailed and beheaded. Roman emperor thought that single men are better soldiers than the married ones.
Other legend is saying that Valentine was a christian priest who was jailed by Roman emperor for his teachings.Romans demanded others to believe only in Roman gods. Priest was beheaded on 14th of February.
Before this, he cured jailer's daughter from her blindness.Legend is saying that he wrote the farewell letter to her, saying:
"From your Valentine"
Have a look to Valentine's issue of You & Me magazine that is full of love and romance:
Entire celebration has a root in couple of legends about Valentine:
One legend is connecting name of Valentine with an Italian bishop who secretly married couples against the law of Roman emperor and therefore he was jailed and beheaded. Roman emperor thought that single men are better soldiers than the married ones.
Other legend is saying that Valentine was a christian priest who was jailed by Roman emperor for his teachings.Romans demanded others to believe only in Roman gods. Priest was beheaded on 14th of February.
Before this, he cured jailer's daughter from her blindness.Legend is saying that he wrote the farewell letter to her, saying:
"From your Valentine"
Have a look to Valentine's issue of You & Me magazine that is full of love and romance:
No comments:
Post a Comment