Happy Valentine’s Day! How in the world did a day devoted to LOVE ever come about? Here’s what I have been able to find out about the history of Valentine’s Day…or, St. Valentine day.
In Rome, when the Emperor, Claudius II, was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. “Claudius the Cruel” as he was called, was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that Roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. So, he cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome!
The good Saint Valentine, who was a priest in Rome, in the year 269 A.D., together with his friend Saint Marius, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, he was sentenced to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. But while in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl, who may have been his jailor’s daughter, who visited him during his confinement. Before his death on the 14th day of February, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed ” From your Valentine”. In 496 A.D., Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor St. Valentine.
So that’s the “official” history of Valentine Day. My own thoughts about the origin of this day are a little bit different.
Humans LOVE to LOVE, in fact, LOVE is what makes our world go ’round. Some feel our society is fragmented right now by the actions of those who do not LOVE the general population and I feel that is quite correct! The “PTB” (Powers That Be) have worked hard to control our minds, bodies and souls for the end benefit of their gain. Why have they taken these actions? Because they LOVE power, control and financial gain! The LOVES of the PTB have created vast issues for the human race to solve.
to me!
