Pope Gelasius, I ended Rome's Lupercalia Day in the 5th Century. Meanwhile, Christians began to hold a feast on Feb. 14 to celebrate Saint Valentine and the sanctity of marriage. Saint Valentine's ...

He declared Feb. 14 as the feast day of a St. Valentine, who had been martyred about 200 years before. But that theory emerged in an 1807 book without any evidence to support the connection ...

From naff cards to ostentatious flower bouquets – St Valentine's Day may be cheesy ... and describes a lavish feast of the royal court. The word Valentine then became synonymous with describing ...

In 496 AD, Pope Gelasius I declared 14th February as St. Valentine’s Day, in an attempt to supplant the pagan festival of Lupercalia with a Christian feast day. It wasn’t, however, until the ...

Valentine's Day - also known as Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine - is an annual holiday which is celebrated on February 14. Observers will send cards and gifts to a loved one ...

Themes: celebrating St Valentine's Day; the life of St Valentine; customs associated with St Valentine's Day; saints. Summary: This assembly celebrates St Valentine's Day, which falls on 14 ...