St Valentine's Day was supposedly started in the time of the Roman
Empire. In Ancient Rome, the date of February 14 was a holiday to honor the Queen
of Roman Goddesses and Gods, Juno. Juno was known as the Goddess of women and
marriage. The next day February 15 was the first day of the Festival known as
the Feast of Lupercia.
On February 14 is was said that the young boys and
girls of the villages would write down the names of every girl and place these
names in a jar of which each young man would have to draw a name of a girl and
this particular maiden would be their partner for the duration of the festival.
Sometimes these parings would last a year and end up in marriage. These
rituals under the laws of Claudius were banned as the Emperor believed that the
reasons why men would now go to war were because they did not want to leave their
lovers or families. As a result all marriages and engagements were canceled as
a result Saint Valentine a Roman priest was said to have married these couples
in secret and for this he was executed on the 14th day of February. While
St Valentine was in jail it is said that he fell in love with the jailers daughter.
By a miracle or some say by the prayers of Valentine she gained her sight and
as a last farewell in a note he was to "From Your Valentine". Another
stary as to the origins of Valentine's day was that he was a priest who was also
a physician and would cure the sick. He was also said to have tried to cure the
jailers blind daughter, but, was arrested and on the day of his execution he wrote
a note as a final farewell saying "From your Valentine" which some say
is what caused her to gain her sight. It is also said whilst
he was in jail awaiting execution that he was sent little notes and flowers from
the children whom he had helped when they were sick. This also may have been one
of the reasons why he sent a farewell note to the jailers daughter and why we
send valentines. St Valentine's Day is celebrated on February
14 of each year, the reason why it is celebrated on this day is because this was
the day that the Patron Saint of Lovers "St Valentine" was supposedly
executed on. On this day lovers all around the world mark this occasion as a day
for sending poems, cards, flowers or candy, etc. They might also be a social gathering
or ball to mark the occasion. Another Interesting origin is
that St Valentine was the patron Saint of Epilepsy reason was that he was supposedly
a sufferer and took a keen interest in those who suffered from this affliction
and also that those who suffered this disease were suffering from Valentine's
sickness. | 
