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Valentine’s Day
Each year on February 14th, many people exchange cards, candy, chocolate, gifts or flowers with their special “valentine.”
Background
The origins of Valentine's Day are not clear but many sources believe that it stems from the story of St Valentine, a Roman priest who was martyred on or around February 14 in the year 270 CE. How he became the patron saint of lovers remains a mystery but one theory is that the church used the day of St Valentine's martyrdom to Christianize the old Roman Lupercalia, a pagan festival held around the middle of February.
Symbols
Hearts, the colors red and pink, roses, images and statues of cupids, and cupids’ bows and arrows symbolize the feeling of romance and love on Valentine’s Day. Cupid is usually portrayed as a small winged figure with a bow and arrow. In mythology, he uses his arrow to strike the hearts of people. People who fall in love are sometimes said to be “struck by Cupid's arrow”. The day focuses on love, romance, appreciation and friendship.
QUIZ
1) Who was the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne?
2) Which was Shakespeare’s most romantic play?
3) What kind of flowers are traditionally given to symbolize love?
4) What other gift sometimes accompanies a bouquet of red roses?
5) What was first created by Pope Gelasius in 500 AD, then deleted from the Roman Calendar of Saints by Pope Paul V1 in 1969?
6) ‘Valentine’ was the name given to which kind of early Christian?
7) What day is Valentine's Day held on?
8) According to the Legenda Aurea, or The Golden Legend, a fictional work written by Jacobus de Voragine around 1260 AD, who wrote the very first Valentine’s message on the eve of his execution?
9) Who did the fictional St Valentine send his message to?
10) What had St Valentine allegedly done for his jailer’s daughter?
11) What was this fictional St Valentine being executed for?
12) As well as being the unofficial patron saint of love, what occupation is St Valentine also believed to be the patron of?
13) The British Museum holds a letter believed to be the oldest valentine still in existence. Who wrote it?
14) Today we associate love with the heart, but this wasn’t always the case. In medieval times, which internal organ was believed to cause love?
Quiz answer
1) Who was the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne? Dom Perignon.
2) Which was Shakespeare’s most romantic play? Romeo and Juliet.
3) What kind of flowers are traditionally given to symbolize love? Red roses.
4) What other gift sometimes accompanies a bouquet of red roses? Chocolates.
5) What was first created by Pope Gelasius in 500 AD, then deleted from the Roman Calendar of Saints by Pope Paul V1 in 1969? St Valentine's Day.
6) ‘Valentine’ was the name given to which kind of early Christian? Martyrs.
7) What day is Valentine’s Day held on? February 14th
8) According to the Legenda Aurea, or The Golden Legend, a fictional work written by Jacobus de Voragine around 1260 AD, who wrote the very first Valentine’s message on the eve of his execution? St Valentine.
9) Who did the fictional St Valentine send his message to? The daughter of his jailer.
10) What had St Valentine allegedly done for his jailer’s daughter? Cured her blindness.
11) What was this fictional St Valentine being executed for? Performing marriages in secret, against the wishes of the emperor.
12) As well as being the unofficial patron saint of love, what occupation is St Valentine also believed to be the patron of? Bee keepers.
13) The British Museum holds a letter believed to be the oldest valentine still in existence. Who wrote it? Charles d'Orléans, captured by the English at Agincourt, and then kept prisoner for the next twenty-five years. He passed his time writing sorrowful poetry, including the St. Valentine's Day letter that describes his sadness at being parted from his love.
14) Today we associate love with the heart, but this wasn’t always the case. In medieval times, which internal organ was believed to cause love? The liver.
Source
https://hobbylark.com/misc/Fun-Free-Valentines-Quiz
http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day
http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day/pictures/valentines-day/cupids-wedding-chapel-in-las-vegas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5fqn6d7z8s