Valentines Day taken from the Lupricalia
Another favorite converted Pagan holiday is Valentines Day taken from the Lupricalia
Many people will be surprised to find that St. Valentine’s Day isn’t even considered a feast day on the Catholic calendar.
Instead, February 14 goes to brothers, St. Cyril and St. Methodius, who helped bring the good news to people, especially in Slavic countries, in their own language.
Both brothers were made bishops for purely political reasons—most of the bishops of that time hated them. They thought the brotherswere trying to take power away, because the they felt that people shouldn’t have to learn Greek or Latin to learn about Jesus.
So now you’re wondering how on earth we got a day of love from St. Valentine’s Day.
According to medieval tradition, February 14 was the day when birds were said to start pairing off. This and the pagan love holiday Lupricalia combined to mark this day as a day of love.
When Christianity became popular, the day was renamed St. Valentine’s Day because it was his date of maretyrdom. After the day was marked as a day of love under the title St. Valentine’s Day, legend and lore were created to make a saint of love.
