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又到了一年之中最浪漫的日子啦~情人節(jié)在英語中稱為“Valentine's Day”，“Valentine”是一個(gè)人的名字，“St. Valentine”音譯為圣瓦侖丁（或圣華愣定）。情人節(jié)為什么是以人名命名的？其背后有什么故事呢？ 

情人節(jié)的由來

We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. But who was Saint Valentine, and how did he become associated with this ancient rite?

我們知道二月份一直都是一個(gè)慶祝愛情的月份，而情人節(jié)，正是我們今天所知道的，包含了基督教和古羅馬傳統(tǒng)兩者的痕跡。但是圣瓦倫丁究竟是誰?他是怎么和這個(gè)古老節(jié)日聯(lián)系在一起的?

Saint Valentine was a priest who lived in the Roman Empire around 200 AD. During this time, Emperor Claudius ll was known to have outlawed marriage for young men. He believed that married men did not make good soldiers. But Valentine did not agree with this mandate and he continued to perform secret marriages for young couples.

圣瓦倫丁是—位公元200年左右生活在羅馬帝國的牧師。在此期間，皇帝克勞迪亞斯二世宣布年輕男人結(jié)婚是違法的，他認(rèn)為已婚男士不能成為好士兵。但圣瓦倫丁不同意這—規(guī)定，他繼續(xù)為年輕夫妻舉行秘密婚禮。

Sadly, he was caught and sentenced to death. lt is said that while he was in prison,  Valentine too fell in love, and that he actually sent the first "valentine card" to his love, signing it: "From your Valentine". Supposedly, he died in the middle of February, thus Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th, in honor of his death.

不幸的是，他被抓住并判處死刑。據(jù)說圣瓦倫丁在獄中時(shí)也墜入愛河，他實(shí)際上寄出了第一張給愛人的“情人節(jié)卡片”，落款是：“來自你的瓦倫丁”。據(jù)說，他死于2月中旬，因此情人節(jié)被定在了2月14日來慶祝，以紀(jì)念他的死。

從牧神節(jié)到情人節(jié)

In ancient Rome, February 15th was the first day of a fertility festival called Lupercalia, dedicated to the Roman god of agriculture. On this day, it was tradition for men and women to be paired up randomly by a lottery system to be married. 

在古羅馬，2月15日是牧神節(jié)是豐收節(jié)的第一天，用來祭拜羅馬農(nóng)業(yè)之神。在這一天有一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)，就是男人和女人通過抽簽系統(tǒng)隨機(jī)配對(duì)結(jié)婚。

Allegedly, Pope Gelasius actually banned the Lupercalia festival because it was a pagan ritual, but perhaps he wanted to see the festival continue on as a Christian holiday. Pope Gelasius declared February 14th St. Valentine's Day during the late 400s AD. 

據(jù)說，格拉修斯教皇實(shí)際上禁止了牧神節(jié)，因?yàn)樗恰N異教儀式，但也許他想看到這個(gè)節(jié)日繼續(xù)作為基督教節(jié)日存在。教皇格拉修斯在公元400年代末將2月14日定為情人節(jié)。

在中世紀(jì)的法國和英格蘭，2月14日還被認(rèn)為是鳥兒交配季節(jié)的第一天，被認(rèn)為是浪漫的一天。