Valentine’s Day 2023 Why do we celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14, know the history and importance of the day of love

Valentine’s Day 2023 : Today the day of love is celebrated all over the world. on 14 February Valentine’s Day is celebrated. On this day lovers express their love to each other. This day is celebrated with great enthusiasm. On this day millions of people around the world express their love by giving cards, flowers, chocolates. Around 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged around the world each year. On this day, 37 percent of men and about 27 percent of women buy flowers to express their love. Chocolate is also sold a lot on this day. But do you know why Valentine’s Day is celebrated and how it started?

When was the first Valentine’s Day celebrated?

According to legend, the first Valentine’s Day was celebrated in the year 496, a tradition that continues to this day. Even today, February 14 is celebrated as the day of love i.e. Valentine’s Day all over the world. But it started with the Roman Festival. At the end of the fifth century, Pope Gelasius declared February 14 as ‘Valentine’s Day’ and since then the day has been celebrated all over the world. It is considered a festival of the Romans. Mass marriages also take place on this day.

Why is Valentine’s Day celebrated?

The story of Valentine’s Day is in the book ‘Aurea of ​​Jacobus de Varazin’. According to this, this day of love is named after the priest of Rome ‘St. Valentine’. Saint Valentine died in 270 AD. Saint Valentine is known all over the world for giving the message of love. But, at that time Claudius, the king of Rome, was against love. He did not believe in love and love marriage. According to King Claudius, this is the cause of soldiers’ love and distraction from love marriage. That’s why people don’t want to join the army. This is why Claudius introduced the odd rule. King Claudius banned the marriage of soldiers in Rome.

Saint Valentine’s protest against ban on marriage

Saint Valentine openly opposed and opposed the marriage ban. Saint Valentine went against the king of Rome and married many couples throughout the city. When the king came to know about this, he hanged Saint Valentine. Saint Valentine was hanged on 14 February.

immortal saint valentine for love

Saint Valentine wrote a letter to the jailer’s daughter before his execution. In this letter Saint Valentine wrote that after his death his wish was to give his eyes to the jailer’s blind daughter. Saint Valentine was sentenced to death, but he became immortal for his loved ones. Since then every year February 14 is celebrated as ‘Valentine’s Day’ in the memory of Saint Valentine and it is also known as the day of love.