What is the real story of Valentine Day?

An 8th-century Galacian sacramentary records the celebration of the feast of St

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Valentine on February 14. Today it is associated with romantic love

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when notions of courtly love flourished in the 14th and 15th centuries.

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It was a very common name during Late Antiquity.

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As anyone can tell, Valentine's Day's Saint Valentine was one of two men

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preaching the good word in Rome in the third century.

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One of these two was martyred on February 14, 269, thus giving us the date for his namesake day.

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The day is popular in the United States as well as Britain, Canada, and Australia,

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