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 ...
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The origin of Valentine's Day: Unveiling the story behind the patron saint of loversthe 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 ...
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.
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