It's almost Valentine's Day. How did the holiday begin? Here's what to know
All you lovebirds out there know that in just a couple of short weeks, Valentine's Day will be upon us. Some people say that the holiday comes from the Roman festival of Lupercalia, but others claim it originated with the martyrdom of a Christian priest named Valentine.
According to History.com, Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet is our best clue as to when Valentine's Day began representing love. "Geoffrey Chaucer was the first to record St. Valentine’s ...
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The History of Valentine's Day, and Why We CelebrateSt. Valentine is the patron saint of lovers ... is a recent addition to Valentine's Day history. It seems to have been popularized by Amy Poehler's character Leslie Knope on Parks and ...
History Detectives stares down the barrel of a shotgun for clues that one of Al Capone’s men fired it in a Chicago gang massacre that shocked the nation. The gun came to our contributor’s ...
History shows that its roots come from the ... integrate the Lupercalia Festival with St. Valentine's Day. Saint Valentine was a third-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western ...
It was 14 February and so the letter became the very first Valentine’s Day letter in history. The story of St Valentine was passed down through the centuries and is even featured in the work ...
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