When is Valentine’s Day 2023? Why is it celebrated and what is its origin?

Valentine’s Day, when the streets are filled with red roses and purchases of stuffed animals and chocolates grow, has a very special meaning. It is Valentine’s Day, a holiday that is better known as the Day of love and Friendshipwhich this year 2023 falls on a Tuesday.

This day is celebrated every February 14Although it is not known exactly where the idea of ​​dedicating a day to the demonstration of love comes from. One of the strongest theories is that the origin of Valentine’s Day is a Roman physician named Valentine, who became a priest and it was against to the prohibition of the emperor Claudio II on the marriage of young people.

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The story goes that Claudio thought that the best soldiers were singles, and that is why he prevented young people from getting married. Valentine, when he became a priest, married the young secretlyuntil it was discovered by Roman soldiers, which is why he was beheaded by order of Claudius II on February 14 in the year 270 AD

Subsequently, Pope Gelasius I established February 14 in the Catholic liturgical calendar as the festivity to celebrate Valentine’s Dayin the year 496 AD

In the fourteenth century, the story of Valentine began to become popular and lovers of the time adopted the day to show their love and affection through letters. He even appeared in famous writings, such as Geoffrey Chaucer with his poem “The Parlement of Foules.”

Eventually, Pope Paul IV decided to remove this tradition from the liturgical calendar because there were several theories about the origin of the romantic celebration.

This is how today, not only romantic love is commemorated, but also friendship, through details that show affection for people. Do you already have the person with whom you are going to celebrate this Valentine’s Day? (YO)