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Saint Valentine's Day, commonly known as Valentine's
Day,[1][2][3] or the Feast of Saint Valentine,[4] is observed on February 14
each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it
remains a working day in most of them.[3]
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one
or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology
associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing
weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to
Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire; during his
imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer Asterius.
Legend states that before his execution he wrote "from your
Valentine" as a farewell to her.[5][6] Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an
official feast day in the Anglican Communion,[7] as well as in the Lutheran
Church.[8] The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day,
albeit on July 6th and July 30th, the former date in honor of the Roman
presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr
Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni).[9][10]
The day was first
associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High
Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th
century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love
for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending
greeting cards (known as "valentines").[1][3] Valentine's Day symbols
that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of
the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way
to mass-produced greeting cards
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