Pope Gelasius I is said to have replaced the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia with St. Valentine's Day in the fifth century. The first mass-produced valentines were sold in the 1840s. Today, ...

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Valentine’s Day is a holiday for people worldwide to share their love and affection. But did you ever wonder how the holiday ...

According to History.com, exchanging Valentine's took off in the 1700s, a period coinciding with Romanticism in literature ...

Valentine’s Day, a celebration of love wrapped in candy hearts, roses and chocolates, traces back to St. Valentine. But the ...

In the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around naked or nearly naked, hitting women with the animals' hides.

Some scholars trace Valentine's Day back to ancient Greece and the mythical green meadows of Arcadia in the Peloponnese.

Through its long and diverse history, Valentine’s Day has evolved from an ancient fertility rite into a global celebration of ...

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Love is in the (chilly) air, keeping florists, romantics, and would-be poets busy. Admittedly, the true origins of ...