Definition of Valentine

Saint Valentine is one of the saints of the Catholic Church, the one to whom the celebration of Valentine's Day that takes place on February 14 of every year is awarded. Valentine's Day. Although the history of the Church tells us of numerous saints with that name, it is considered that it was Valentine of Terni, a Catholic priest who lived in the Middle Ages and that he was martyred before dying in 629 AD.

From this historical figure, Valentine's Day was established. In its early days, this day was used to commemorate the memory of this and other martyrs, which was done through expressions of love, confidence Y Dear for the neighbor. Eventually, the day would end up becoming a celebration with a romantic sense in which couples show their love through different elements such as flowers, letters, chocolates, gifts and all kinds of attentions. The holiday is considered an Anglo-Saxon holiday since Valentine was buried in Ireland and From there, his story was transmitted to other places such as Great Britain and especially to the United States. United. Today, due to the power

cultural American, this day is celebrated almost all over the world.

Valentine's Day is known as one of the most important holidays on the calendar Western and many celebrate it even without belonging to the Catholic Church or without directly having any kind of belief religious. This is so since today this day has become a moment with great commercial significance and that is why a whole paraphernalia is generated around the notion of love and of the couple: as with other holidays, in many cases the spiritual meaning is confused or lost and is replaced by an interest in the consumption.

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