Roman Lupercalia
A treaty about this marriage was signed on May 2, 1381. They were married eight months later, when the King was 13 or 14 years old and she 14. In the liturgical calendar, the name day of May 2 is Valentin de Genova. This St. Valentine was a Bishop of Genoa who died around the year 307.
Readers incorrectly assumed that Chaucer referred to February 14 as St. Valentine’s day. However, in England the month of February which is not suitable for birds mate. The Parliament of Foules is presented in a fictional context of an ancient tradition, but the fact is that such tradition there was no before Chaucer. The explanations have perpetuated until respectable historians are speculative of ancestral sentimental custom, which appears as a historical fact, has its origin in the antiquarians of the 17TH century, notably Alban Butler, author of Butler s Lives of Saints (lives of Saints, of Butler) Most notably, the idea that the custom of celebrating Valentine’s day comes from the Roman Lupercalia has been accepted with some criticism and has been repeated in various ways until the present day. Very interesting what It gives us Wikipedia, when he relates as it celebrates this day in some countries, adding that it is is typically Western, since it dates back to the ancient Greece and Rome, but currently it has spread to other countries, such as China, Japan and Taiwan. In Brazil the so-called day two Namorados (Valentine’s day) is on June 12.
The couples changed gifts and cards. In Chile is known as Valentine’s day, being a day where couples (whether pololos, boyfriends or husbands) celebrate the love and union with the other. In Colombia it is known as the day of love and friendship and is not celebrated on February 14, but in September, as in most of the country February is the month of the school season.
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