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USA TODAY on MSN · 5d

The history of Valentine's Day: From its pagan origins to a billion-dollar holiday

Feb. 14th is all about romance and love! Whether you're celebrating it with a partner, friends, or family, here's what you should know about its history.

fightingirishwire.usatoday · 17d

Valentine's Day had gruesome start. See how it became the holiday we celebrate today

Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively associated with love. Valentine’s Day became associated with love in the late Middle Ages, due to English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, according to history.com.

Greek Reporter · 5d

Valentine’s Day: The Greek Roots of the Saint of Love

Was Saint Valentine Greek? A Catholic community on Lesvos says there are strong clues that he was either Greek or of Greek origin.

6d

Martyrs? Bacchanalia? Chaucer? Delving into the murky origins of Valentine’s Day

Lovers have always batted their eyes on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Or have they? Historians aren’t sure ...

National Catholic Register4d

The Shrine of St. Valentine: Sacramental Marriage and Love ‘at the Heart of the Church’

The Carmelite church at Whitefriar Street in Dublin is an unlikely but popular pilgrimage site for couples, who can venerate ...

5don MSN

Valentine's Day, a tame holiday with a wild past

Pope Gelasius I is said to have replaced the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia with St. Valentine's Day in the fifth ...

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