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Jakob van Bruggen (born 23 September 1936) is a Dutch New Testament scholar. He served as Professor of New Testament at the Theological University of the Reformed Churches in Kampen from 1967 to 2001.
Saint Valentine of Rome was martyred on February 14 in AD 269. [39] The Feast of Saint Valentine, also known as Saint Valentine's Day, was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496 to be celebrated on February 14 in honour of the Christian martyr. [40] A shrine of Saint Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, [1] is celebrated annually on February 14. [2] It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine , and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in ...
A celebration of romantic love, the festival is often described as the traditional Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day. [5] The festival is derived from Chinese mythology: people celebrate the romantic legend of two lovers, Zhinü and Niulang, [ 5 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] who were the weaver girl and the cowherd, respectively.