I didn’t expect ya’ll to create demon fear on Valentine’s day, but should have. Thieves of fun and joy.
Prior to St Valentine the holiday was called Lupercalia.
Third-century Roman priest Valentinus was brutally beaten and beheaded after marrying couples in defiance of Emperor Claudius II’s ban on the sacrament of marriage on this day in history, Feb. 14, 270 A.D.
“When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death,” says History.com.
“Valentine was arrested and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. The sentence was carried out on February 14, on or about the year 270.”
I think DR took it to the bank, but thanks.
BZZZT!!! You’re wrong! Tell the lovely gent what he’s won for participating...
Lupercalia was February 15, not 14, and was a celebration of the founding of Rome. The priests of the brothers of the wolf would sacrifice a dog and goat. And then everyone would conduct a spring cleaning.
It’s amazing how many people spread bullshit literally coming from the Church of Satan as if it were fact.
Hysterically, the Feast of St Valentine’s Day is a misreading of Geoffrey Chaucer, who wrote of anniversary of the King as being on St Valentine’s Day. Wrong St. Valentine’s Day. That one was in May, which makes much more sense for a wedding day. Not understanding why one would celebrate one’s anniversary in FEBRUARY, people wrongly supposed there must be some relationship between St Valentine and romance.
Liturgically, the more important feast on Feb 14 (the church has so many saints’ feasts that they pile up occasionally throughout the year) is that of Saints Cyril and Methodius, who created the Cyrillic alphabet to ease the proselytization of Eastern Europe. Since 1967, the Catholic church calendar no longer even recognizes the feast of the St. Valentine from February.