How to Celebrate a special Valentine’s Day In Italy
Valentine’s Day, or St. Valentine’s Day, is celebrated on February 14th by people all over the world. Valentine’s Day in Italy is called San Valentino. It’s celebrated in honor of St. Valentine, the patron saint of lovers, who was martyred in Rome on February 14th, around 270 AD. No one really knows exactly what happened to him because most of the stories about him were written hundreds of years after he died. There are various legends surrounding this tradition. The most common story about St. Valentine is that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry (as well as for ministering to Christians). The story…