Every year on February 14, Valentine’s Day sees sweets, flowers, and presents given to loved ones in the name of St. Valentine both in the United States and elsewhere in the world.
Valentine’s Day, also known as St. Valentine’s Day, is a celebration on February 14 during which lovers show their love through cards and presents.
It has been suggested that the celebration has its roots in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, which takes place in the middle of February.
The event, which marked the arrival of spring, featured fertility rituals and the random matching of women and men.
Up until the 14th century, Valentine’s Day was not recognized as a day of passion.
Pope Gelasius, I forbade the observance of Lupercalia around the end of the fifth century and is frequently credited for replacing it with St. Valentine’s Day, though the holiday’s exact ancestry is at best hazy.
It turns out that it was a fairly popular name in Late Antiquity.
Learn what makes Valentine’s Day history so special.
What really happened on Valentine’s Day?
The Valentine of Valentine’s Day, as far as anyone knows, was one of two men spreading the gospel in Rome during the third century
On February 14th, 269, one of these two was martyred, giving us the date for his eponymous day.
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