Happy Valentine's Day from Roy and Dolores Kelley Valentine's Day has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, and the celebration of Saint Valentine. The holiday became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries. Origins The holiday may have originated in the 6th century B.C. to honor the Roman fertility god Lupercus In the 5th century A.D., Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with a celebration of Saint Valentine on February 14 The day may be named after a Roman priest who was martyred around 270 C.E. by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus Romantic association The holiday became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries English poet Geoffrey Chaucer's poem Parliament of Fowls declared Valentine's Day as the time when birds choose their m...
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