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 ...

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

Who was St Valentine and why is he associated with love? Martyr thought to have performed Christian weddings in defiance of Emperor Claudius and delivered secret letters between jailed lovers ...

As couples across the world prepared for Valentine's Day in February 2025, a rumor cropped up on social media that St. Valentine is not only the patron saint of lovers, but also of beekeepers ...

Valentine was executed on February 14 in the year 270 and this date is commemorated as St Valentine’s Day in various Christian denominations.

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 ...

Third-century Roman priest Valentinus was brutally beaten and beheaded for marrying couples in defiance of an imperial ban on this day in history, Feb. 14, 270 A.D.

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.

Valentine's Day Holiday of love has a long history Today is Valentine's Day, the day when sweethearts offer tokens of love to one another. The holiday has a long tradition. It is named for not one ...