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Today 's Today reports about today:
The identification of the celebration of Saint Valentine's Day with Valentine's Day began in late medieval England, with pagan and Christian references.
During the Roman Empire, from February 13 to 15, Lupercalia in honor of the god Faunus (the Greek Pan). The Romans sacrificed goats and dogs, while young boys beat young girls with goatskin strips to transmit fertility to them. A similar celebration existed in Ancient Athens in the month of Gamilion (corresponding to the second fortnight of January and the first of February), the Theogamia, in honor of Zeus and Hera.
The holiday was abolished by the Church in the 5th century AD, as pagan. In its place (February 14) was the celebration of the memory of Saint Valentine, a martyr of the Christian faith from Rome, by decision of Pope Gelasius. Valentine, according to legend, was a priest of the 3rd century, who, in defiance of imperial orders, agreed to marry young lovers, thus saving the men from military service. In other words, he was a true protector of lovers and conscientious objectors, as we would say today! Another legend says that while Valentine was in prison, refusing to renounce his faith, he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer, to whom he even sent a letter signed: With love from your Valentine.
