Valentine's Day is almost here, but it wasn't always the ... s feast in the middle of the short month to "Christianize" the pagan celebration of Lupercalia, a fertility festival, History Channel ...

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

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

Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this ...

Happy Valentine’s Day 2025! Who was St Valentine and why do we celebrate? - Love is in the air but why do we celebrate Valentine’s Day?

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...

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

Valentine's ... pagan celebration of Lupercalia, a fertility festival, History Channel states. At the end of the 5th century, the celebration of Lupercalia was forbidden by Pope Gelasius I, who is ...