Sampath Pāṇini ® ✅ on Nostr: The #history of #ValentinesDay is intertwined with the Roman festival of #Lupercalia, ...
The #history of #ValentinesDay is intertwined with the Roman festival of #Lupercalia, celebrated from February 13 to 15.
Lupercalia involved rituals to promote fertility and purification.
Saint Valentine was a #Roman priest who defied Emperor Claudius II by performing secret marriages.
He was executed around 270 AD.
Pope Gelasius I later established February 14 as St. Valentine’s Day, possibly to replace Lupercalia with a #Christian celebration.
Lupercalia involved rituals to promote fertility and purification.
Saint Valentine was a #Roman priest who defied Emperor Claudius II by performing secret marriages.
He was executed around 270 AD.
Pope Gelasius I later established February 14 as St. Valentine’s Day, possibly to replace Lupercalia with a #Christian celebration.