Today, around the world millions of couples share this day with romantic activities and with various gifts such as flowers, chocolates and more.
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This is a festivity of Catholic origin that is celebrated on February 14 in which the valentinea Roman physician who became a priest and opposed Emperor Claudius II’s ban on young marriages.
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
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Ecuador is one of the countries that remembers the date and it is common to observe that couples go to restaurants or organize romantic dates in which floral arrangements alluding to the date are not lacking. Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay are other countries in the region that have established February 14 as the Day of Love.
However, three countries in the region have different dates to celebrate love:
Brazil
February 14 for Brazilians is an ambiguous date since you can give things to both friends and couples, as well as being close to the carnival date. In this country, Valentine’s Day is remembered on June 12, which coincides with the eve of the feast of San Antonio de Padua, which was famous as a matchmaker.
Colombia
Due to a commercial strategy, Colombia decided to change the date of the Day of Love more than 50 years ago. The merchants, through the unions, promoted the change because it coincided with purchases for the school year as well as exports to other countries that do remember the date in February.
In that South American country, the Day of Love is remembered on the third Sunday of September.
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bolivian
Over the years, Bolivians have been incorporating the commemoration of love and friendship for February 14, although the same day, but in 1879 the Chilean invasion that produced the War of the Pacific took place.
The affective date was moved to September 21, when it is the first day of spring. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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