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jayarrarr: St. Valentine’s Day, originally known as the Feast of Saint Valentine, and now simply called “Valentine’s Day” in recognition of the millions of people who don’t believe in sainthood but still want chocolate...

St. Valentine, we hardly knew you. Considering there were two different St. Valentines during the Roman era, no wonder there is confusion about who he really was and why he became associated with love. Geoffrey Chaucer was one of the first to recognize...

How the polarizing Valentine’s Day holiday celebrating love came to be. Did you know that over 150 million Valentine's Day inspired greeting cards are exchanged globally between loved ones every year? This ranks Valentine's Day as the second most popular...

Association mid-February with love and fertility has existed since eternity. According to the chronicle of ancient Athens calendar, the period between mid-January to mid-February was the month of Gamelion, dedicated to the sacred marriage of Zeus and...

The History of Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day has been around since the pre-Christian era and has evolved so much since then. When it all first began in ancient Rome there was a pagan fertility festival that was known as Lupercalia. This event took...