Today is Tuesday. It's Valentine's Day.
Why people send cards, chocolates and other presents to their lovers this day? Why is this day named as Valentine's day? What is the history of this day? Every year I ask myself some questions like those on February 14, however, I don't know the answer exactly. How lazy I am.
The modern St. Valentine's Day celebrations are said to have been derived from both ancient Christian and Roman tradition. The holiday has originated from the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia. In 496 AD, Pope Gelasius turned Lupercalia into a Christian feast day and proclaimed February 14 to be the feast day in honor of Saint Valentine, a Roman martyr who lived in the 3rd century. It is this St. Valentine whom the modern Valentine's Day honors. The martyr was sentenced to death because he had disobeyed the king's order to presided the wedding ceremony secretly.
What gave him the courage to do that brave thing is the love and I think this is the reason we celebrate this day.
