Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively associated with love. Valentine’s Day became associated with ...

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided ...

While some believe that Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine’s ...

"Celebrated at the ides of February, or Feb. 15, Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus ...