Umunsi w’abakundana witiriwe Saint Valentin wizihizwa tariki 14 Gashyantare buri mwaka. Uwo munsi urangwa n’uko abakundana bibuka urukundo rwabo basangira, basohokana cyane cyane bahana impano zitandukanye ziganjemo indabyo.
Umunsi wa Saint Valentin wakomotse ku mupadiri w’Umuromani witwa Valentin wabayeho ku gihe cy’umwami w’abami Claudius II ahagana mu myaka 269 na 273 mbere y’ivuka rya Yezu Kristo. Muri icyo gihe, tariki ya 14 Gashyantare habaga umunsi mukuru wo kwihiza umunsi w’umwamikazi Juno wafatwaga nk’imana y’abagore.
Kuri uwo munsi, abasore bandikaga amazina y’abakobwa bari mu kigero kimwe bakayashyira mu kintu kimwe, umusore yazamura izina ry’umukobwa guhera ubwo akamuherekeza bakajya kwizihiriza uwo munsi hamwe.
Ibyo byatumaga abakobwa bahura n’abasore kuko mbere byabaga bibujije, ubucuti bwabo bugakomera bukavamo no kubana ubuziraherezo.
Ku ngoma ya Claudius, igihugu cye cyaje kugarizwa n’intambara zikomeye, agira ikibazo cy’abasirikare bagomba kurwanira igihugu kubera ko abagabo bakiri batoya bangaga gusiga abagore babo ngo bajye ku rugamba.
Umwami Claudius yafashe icyemezo cyo guhagarika gushaka, ariko Padiri Valentin ntiyabyakira neza. Afatanyije na mugenzi we Marius batangira gusezeranya abantu bashaka kubana mu ibanga. Amakuru yageze ku mwami Claudius ararakara cyane, ategeka ko Padiri Valentin afatwa agafungwa.
Padiri Valentin yarafunzwe, akatirwa urwo gupfa akubiswe amahiri akanacibwa umutwe. Igihe yarategereje iherezo rye, abantu bazanaga indabyo n’ubutumwa bwo kumukomeza, bakabinyuza mu idirishya.
Uyu munsi uvugwaho byinshi
Hari n’abavuga ko ubwo Padiri Valentin yari afunzwe, umukobwa w’umucungagereza yakomeje kumuba hafi, amusura kugeza igihe cyo kunyongwa. Uwo mukobwa yari afite ubumuga bwo kutabona, ariko ibitangaza byabaye mu gihe yasengeraga Valentin yongeye kureba.
Ubwo haburaga umunsi umwe ngo Valentin anyongwe, bivugwa ko yanditse ku ruparuro amagambo agira ati: “Love from your Valentine” ni ukuvuga “urukundo rwa Valentin wawe” amushimira urukundo n’ubudahemuka yamugaragarije.
Kuva icyo gihe, abantu bafashe itariki ya 14 Gashyantare bayigira umunsi ngarukamwaka w’abakundana.
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