Kanato’ng mga senior citizens, daghan na kaayo’ng Valentine’s Day nga atong nasaulog. Ambot, pila ka bathala ang ato’ng na-date sukad sa una’ng pag-arangkada sa atong kasing-kasing.
Kinsa man kanila ang nadala sa altar sa kaminyoon? Aduna pa ba’y kahulogan ang Valentine’s Day kanato’ng mga Senior Citizens? Ug kinsa man ni si Valentine?
Giingon nga ang Simbahang Katoliko miila og tulo ka Santos. Naila sa mga ngalan Valentine o Valentinus nga pulos martyr.
Gisugilon nga si Valentine usa ka pari sa Third Century, nag-alagad sa Roma. Diha nga nakita ni Emperador Claudius nga mas maayo ang mga ulitawo nga sundalo kay sa mga minyo, iyang gidili ang pagpakasal sa mga batan-ong lalake.
Nakita ni Fr. Valentine nga usa kini ka inhustisya, sekreto siya’ng mikasal sa mga batan-on. Sa pagkahibawo niini ni Emperador Claudius, iyang gipapatay si Fr. Valentine.
Duna’y laing sugilanon sa Internet bahin sa Valentines.
“Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons (gumikan niini, na-priso usab si Valentine).
An imprisoned Valentine actually sent the first “valentine” greeting himself after he fell in love with a young girl–possibly his jailor’s daughter–who visited him during his confinement.
He wrote her a letter, signed “From your Valentine,” an expression that is still in use today. Valentine would become one of the most popular saints in England and France. Wala na’y account sa ikatulo’ng Valentine.
Apan si Pope Gelasius mideklarar sa February 14 as St. Valentine’s Day to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial–which probably occurred around A.D. 270.
Later, the day became associated with love, as it was commonly believed in France and England that February 14 was the beginning of birds’ mating season.
Dinhi magsugod nga ang Valentine’s Day na-associated with romance. Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages.
The oldest known valentine still in existence today was a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentine cards in the early 1700’s. In the 1840’s, Esther A. Howland, known as the “Mother of the Valentine,” began the first mass-produced valentines in America.
Nagkanit-kanit na sa tibuok kalibutan ang pagsaulog sa Valentine’s Day. Apan angay hinumdoman nga paghandom usab kini sa martyrdom sa tulo ka Santos nga Valentine.