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Title: St. Valentines Day: The Real Story


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St. Valentines Day The Real Story
  • February 14th was date to honor two Christian
    martyrs
  • 300 A.D. (1700 years ago)

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St. Valentines Day The Real Story
  • Roman empire established a fertility festival
    (crops, flocks and children) on February 15th to
    honor mythological god (Faunus)

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St. Valentines Day The Real Story
  • Goats and dogs were sacrificed and animal skins
    used to whip women (which caused them to be
    fertile)

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St. Valentines Day The Real Story
  • Women would write their name on a love note, drop
    it into a hat, and then men would draw out a note
    each man courted that woman for the night

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St. Valentines Day The Real Story
  • Valentines cards come from this tradition

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St. Valentines Day The Real Story
  • Christian church ended this fertility festival
    about 500 years ago
  • Combined fertility festival with celebration of
    honoring of martyrs result was a feast

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St. Valentines Day The Real Story
  • Over time the martyr aspect of the feast has been
    lost, and replaced with a focus on love

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St. Valentines Day The Real Story
  • Valentine cards became extremely popular by the
    1800s

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St. Valentines Day The Real Story
  • Cupid, the Roman god of love (Greek counterpart
    was Eros), was added to St. Valentines Day in
    the last 500 years
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