the association of February 14 with St Valentine and love developed over time. Valentine's Day used to be about paying tribute to a Christian martyr but given his associations with love ...

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 ...

Two bishops are associated with Saint Valentine and both were martyrs "who died on behalf of the Christian church in the face of persecution from the Romans," he said. One of the legends ...

A prisoner named "Valentine" was said in one tale to have written a note signed "from your Valentine" to his jailer's daughter, according to the Feb. 13, 2024, article.

Or is the history darker, marked by Roman bacchanalia, martyrs and lies ... He declared Feb. 14 as the feast day of a St. Valentine, who had been martyred about 200 years before.