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VALETINE’S DAY Valentine Day is thcelebrated on 14 February every year It is also It was called as named when Saint Saint Valentine’s Valentine Day or The died on this Lovers Feast of day a Express their Saint thousand love by Valntine years agoIt became presenting popular gifts, fowers towards the and love thend of 17 cards Century St. Valentine Story Roman Emperor Claudius II was against marriages in his kingdom and imprisoned Saint Valentine for secretly performing wedding of soldiers. During his imprisonment St. Valentine fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer Asterius and before his death he wrote a farewell letter to her signed as “Your Valentine”. thSince then 14 Feb was celebrated as the Day of Love. Every year this day is celebrated as the tradition of courtly love. Valentine's Day was originated from a Roman Festival known as Lupercalia. It was held on February 15 as a fertility festival wherein during the celebrations boys were to draw names of girls from a box and the pair would be partners during the festival. The festival survived the initial rise of Christianity but was outlawed at the end of the 5th century when Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St Valentine's Day.
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02 février 2017
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English
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