Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD, and the rest is this history.

It’s Valentine’s Day, a time for love, candy and a few last-minute runs to the store to pick up a card for that special someone. While the modern Valentine’s Day has become a commercially ...

Valentine’s Day may be associated with romance, but the history of the holiday isn’t exactly lovey-dovey. Here are the facts you may not know—plus, fun ideas for Valentine's Day 2025.

Valentine’s Day, a celebration of love wrapped in candy hearts, roses and chocolates, traces back to St. Valentine. But the origins are far more complex — and darker than the chocolate we ...

While some believe the holiday began with the death of St. Valentine, others believe that the "Christian church may have decided to place St. Valentine’s feast day in the middle of February in ...

How did Valentine's Day get its name? You may assume that the name "Valentine" originated after St. Valentine, which is understandable. In fact, the Catholic Church recognizes several saints named ...

Greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day? Here's the holiday's history While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial ...

But how and why did Valentine’s Day become a holiday? The history of Valentine’s Day, and the story of St. Valentine, is a mysterious one.

Pope Gelasius I is said to have replaced the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia with St. Valentine's Day in the fifth century. The first mass-produced valentines were sold in the 1840s. Today ...

Pope Gelasius I is said to have replaced the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia with St. Valentine's Day in the fifth century. The first mass-produced valentines were sold in the 1840s. Today ...