情人节的来历(Valentine's Day origins) everyfebruary,acrossthecountry,candy,flowers,andgiftsareexchangedbetweenlovedones,allinthenameofst.valentine.butwhoisthismysterioussaintandwhydowecelebratethisholiday?thehistoryofvalentine'sday--anditspatronsaint--isshroudedinmystery.butwedoknowthatfebruaryhaslongbeenamonthofromance.st.valentine'sday,asweknowittoday,containsvestigesofbothchristianandancientromantradition.so,whowassaintvalentineandhowdidhebecomeassociatedwiththisancientrite?today,thecatholicchurchrecognizesatleastthreedifferentsaintsnamedvalentineorvalentinus,allofwhomweremartyred.february14isvalentine'sday.itiscelebratedasalovers'holidaytoday,withthegivingofcandy,flowers,orothergiftsbetweencouplesinlove.valentine'sdayhasrootsinseveraldifferentlegendsthathavefoundtheirwaytousthroughtheages.inromeit'ssaidthatitoriginatedin5thcenturyasatributetost.valentine,acatholicbishop.foreighthundredyearspriortotheestablishmentofvalentine'sday,theromanshadpracticedapagancelebrationinmid-februarycommemoratingyoungmen'sriteofpassagetothegodlupercus.thecelebrationfeaturedalotteryinwhichyoungmenwoulddrawthenamesofteenagegirlsfromabox.thegirlassignedtoeachyoungmaninthatmannerwouldbehisfemalecompanionduringtheremainingyear.inanefforttodoawaywiththepaganfestival,popegelasiusorderedaslightchangeinthelottery.insteadofthenamesofyoungwomen,theboxwouldcontainthenamesofsaints.bothmenandwomenwereallowedtodrawfromthebox,andthegamewastoemulatethewaysofthesainttheydrewduringtherestoftheyear.needlesstosay,manyoftheyoungromanmenwerenottoopleasedwiththerulechanges.insteadofthepagangodlupercus,thechurchlookedforasuitablepatronsaintoflovetotakehisplace.theyfoundanappropriatechoiceinvalentine,who,inad270hadbeenbeheaded3byemperorclaudius.claudiushaddeterminedthatmarriedmenmadepoorsoldiers.sohebannedmarriagefromhisempire.butvalentinewouldsecretlymarryyoungmenthatcametohim.whenclaudiusfoundoutaboutvalentine,hefirsttriedtoconverthimtopaganism.butvalentinereversedthestrategy,tryinginsteadtoconvertclaudius.whenhefailed,hewasstonedandbeheaded.duringthedaysthatvalentinewasimprisoned,hefellinlovewiththeblinddaughterofhisjailer.hisloveforher,andhisgreatfaith,managedtomiraculouslyhealherfromherblindnessbeforehisdeath.beforehewastakentohisdeath,hesignedafarewellmessagetoher,"fromyourvalentine."thephrasehasbeenusedonhisdayeversince.althoughthelotteryforwomenhadbeenbannedbythechurch,themid-februaryholidayincommemorationofst.valentinewasstilledusedbyromanmentoseektheaffectionofwomen.itbecameatraditionforthementogivetheonestheyadmiredhandwrittenmessagesofaffection,containingvalentine'sname.anothervalentinewasanitalianbishopwholivedataboutthesametime,ad200.h 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/f4273b4d185f312b3169a45177232f60ddcce786.html