Comments for Valentines Day Origins and Legends at http://www.orenoque.com/topten , comment 0 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.orenoque.com/topten Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:09:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.orenoque.com/topten/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&Itemid=227#pc_170 i love you to! (: - betty Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:14:33 +0100 http://www.orenoque.com/topten/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&Itemid=227#pc_152 i love you - blake Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:15:34 +0100 http://www.orenoque.com/topten/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&Itemid=227#pc_64 It's in this quote that i truely begin to understand the meaning of love. Aristotle once said "Love is composed of a single soul inheriting two bodies" - Becca Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:19:24 +0100 http://www.orenoque.com/topten/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&Itemid=227#pc_63 Saint Valentine Day was initially celebrated by English catholics after the public ceremony of excommunication of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, which happened on February 14, 1556. Queen Mary Tudor, it seems, dedicated this event to commemorate her tutor, Spanish philosopher Juan Louis Vives Valentinus. At the time when Henry VIII planed to divorce Catherine of Aragone, both, Thomas Cranmer and Juan Louis Vives, were asked by Henry VIII to provide "justification" for the divorce. Vives refused to support the king's romance with Anne Boleyn and argued in favor of a faithful marriage. Thomas Cranmer, on the opposite, supported the divorce, and performed the secret marriage of the king and Anne Boleyn. Eventually, Vives was punished by Henry VIII for his views, and Cranmer was lifted and became Archbishop of Canterbury. But when Mary I came to power and tried to restore the catholic rule in England, Cranmer was excommunicated and burned. However, open celebration of the triumph of the catholic views on the marriage was short, because after the death of queen Mary, queen Elisabeth I gradually turned the country to Protestantism. In this turbulent time the divided people of England continued to celebrate the Holiday, but had to do it carefully, and created the two legends about ancient martyrs. The protestant legend portrayed Thomas Cranmer as the Saint Valentine who disobeyed the order of a roman emperor (King Charles of Spain) and performed secret marriages of the soldiers (Henry VIII), patronizing the romantic love. The catholic legend portrayed Juan Louis Vives Valentinus as Saint Valentine, who opened eyes of the blind daughter (princess Mary) of his jailor (Henry VIII) by sending her a healing letter (education). Later both legends were moved in time to early centuries. - Sergey Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:09:48 +0100 http://www.orenoque.com/topten/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&Itemid=227#pc_61 NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU SHOW UR LOVE TO OTHERS ON V-DAY, BUT EVERYDAY. - LIDI Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:52:30 +0100 http://www.orenoque.com/topten/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&Itemid=227#pc_60 Say I love you every day... dont get caught up in them commercially of Vaelntines day - Maya Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:20:18 +0100 http://www.orenoque.com/topten/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&Itemid=227#pc_57 Give love on Valentines Day because we should just do it! - Dicksie Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:04:11 +0100 http://www.orenoque.com/topten/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&Itemid=227#pc_56 Roses and flowers are must for Valentines day gift. I have also shopped at 1-800-FLOWERS for them. - Dickinson Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:45:12 +0100