The Surprisingly Dark History of Valentine’s Day You Never Knew

The color red is associated with Valentine's Day because it's scientifically linked to passion and sexuality. But given what we now know of Valentine's Day's sinister history, we're wondering if the association doesn't have more to do with blood spatter...
Ah, Valentine’s Day. Such a glorious excuse to dwell on love and romance. But ironically, this day of roses, chocolates, and heart-shaped cards has a dark history. (Find out more Valentine’s Day facts that will truly surprise you.)

How Valentine’s Day got its name

Valentine’s Day actually marks the date of the execution of St. Valentine by the Roman emperor Claudius II during the third century AD. And what was St. Valentine’s crime? The most popular theory holds that he’d been officiating at the weddings of soldiers, despite that marriage had been outlawed for them. Apparently, the emperor felt that love and romance made for weaker soldiers. Here are a few Valentine’s Day traditions from around the world.

Why February 14 became Valentine’s Day

Long before St. Valentine’s execution, February 14 had come to be associated with fertility—and blood. Between February 13 and 15, Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia by sacrificing a goat and a dog and then whipping naked women with the hides, all in the interest of making the women more fertile. In the fifth century AD, Pope Gelasius I outlawed Lupercalia and officially declared February 14 to be the feast of St. Valentine, or Valentine’s Day.

Valentine’s Day as a double-edged sword throughout history

As the years went on, Valentine’s Day may have become conflated with the Norman celebration of “Galatin’s Day,” according to NPR (Galatin referred to a “lover of women”). As such, by the time Geoffrey Chaucer wrote Parliament of Fowls, which referred to St. Valentine’s Day as the day when birds found their mates (late 14th century), St. Valentine’s Day had already entered the public consciousness as a day associated with love. By the late 16th century, William Shakespeare used a reference to St. Valentine’s Day to foreshadow Ophelia’s suicide in Hamlet.

Valentine’s Day in the modern day: blood and roses

Although Valentine’s Day continues to be associated with hearts and flowers, in the last century, it has also continued to be associated with blood spatter and murder. A few notable bloody Valentine’s Days include:

The Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929.
The unsolved murder of young lovers Jesse McBane and Patricia Mann, which occurred on Valentine’s Day 1971.
The unsolved murder of teens Nicholas Kunselman and Stephanie Hart (who were dating) on Valentine’s Day 2000.
The murder by Oscar Pistorius of Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013.
The murder-suicide of an elderly couple in Alabama on Valentine’s Day 2015.
The U.S. school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day in 2018.

https://www.rd.com/culture/dark-history-of-valentines-day/

If so..na black people 4 wear today...since dem dey mourn am instead of moaning.

So many people do not know how dark Valentine is.

Valentine, Halloween, new year's Eve and carnivals are some of the most dangerous days in history in the spiritual realms.

Due to the facts that lots of immoralities will take place, in the realm of the spirit, Lucifer holds their carnival during Halloween and valentine and when nights come on Earth, when these immoralities starts taking place, Lucifer unleashes the great Demonic female dragons which represents sexual immorality and alcohol, drugs etc on Earth.

When this great dragon is unleashed, she stands above the Earth in the realm of the spirits and start dancing, when she dances, sexual urges and immoralities is on the high here on Earth, that's when 100% of the libidos of sinners go on the high, that's when rape, Group Intimacy, groupy takes place.

60% of those involved are not in their right minds but they think they are, it's the incantations of the great female dragon that's working.
They are already initiated but they don't know.

This is when bad dreams start, nightmares, failed relationships, spirit of Death, failure in school and business Etc.

This is why most celebs go from one breakup to another, drugs and depression and potential suicides.

When the Bible says, watch and pray, this is what it means, so when you are with the holy spirit, you won't fall for the serpent.

Most influential people are in the Illuminati so they worship this serpent during Halloween but you would not know but they know what they are doing, this is why during Halloween, most A list American celebs gather in one place.

Ask yourself why they have choosed to gather in one place.

A word is enough for the wise.

chatinent:
Question: Is it biblical to commemorate St. Valentine with a date?

Similar to OP's determinations, i agree with him in that it's a nonsensical conjucture, love your partner 365 days of the year is my motto.

chatinent:
Question: Is it biblical to commemorate St. Valentine with a date?

No it isnt.

Why?

Because neither St Valentine nor the Christian Bible are based on reality.

Amujale:

What is my percetion of the Jesus character, is the image correct ?

Out of the images on display, what is the correct image of the Jesus character ?

https://www.nairaland.com/5685899/what-true-image-jesus

Amujale:


No it isnt.

Why?

Because neither St Valentine nor the Christian Bible are based on reality.

MRcocaFanta:
So many people do not know how dark Valentine is.

Valentine, Halloween, new year's Eve and carnivals are some of the most dangerous days in history in the spiritual realms.

Due to the facts that lots of immoralities will take place, in the realm of the spirit, Lucifer holds their carnival during Halloween and valentine and when nights come on Earth, when these immoralities starts taking place, Lucifer unleashes the great Demonic female dragons which represents sexual immorality and alcohol, drugs etc on Earth.

When this great dragon is unleashed, she stands above the Earth in the realm of the spirits and start dancing, when she dances, sexual urges and immoralities is on the high here on Earth, that's when 100% of the libidos of sinners go on the high, that's when rape, Group Intimacy, groupy takes place.

60% of those involved are not in their right minds but they think they are, it's the incantations of the great female dragon that's working.
They are already initiated but they don't know.

This is when bad dreams start, nightmares, failed relationships, spirit of Death, failure in school and business Etc.

This is why most celebs go from one breakup to another, drugs and depression and potential suicides.

When the Bible says, watch and pray, this is what it means, so when you are with the holy spirit, you won't fall for the serpent.

Most influential people are in the Illuminati so they worship this serpent during Halloween but you would not know but they know what they are doing, this is why during Halloween, most A list American celebs gather in one place.

Ask yourself why they have choosed to gather in one place.

A word is enough for the wise.

How does the Dragon do it. Because when it's night in Nigeria, it's morning in USA or Australia.