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Saint Valentine's Day Antique Valentine 1909 01.jpg
Antique Valentine's card Also called Valentine's Day
Feast of Saint Valentine Observed by People in many countries;
Anglican Communion (see calendar), Eastern Orthodox Church (see calendar), Lutheran Church
(see calendar) Type Cultural, Christian, commercial
Significance Feast day of Saint Valentine; the celebration of Love and affection
Observances Sending greeting cards and gifts, dating, church services
Date February 14 (fixed by the Catholic Church); July 7 (fixed by the Orthodox Church)
Frequency annual
Shrine of St. Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland
Saint Valentine of Terni and his disciples Saint Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's
Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated
in many countries around the world, although it is not a holiday in most of them.
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian
saints named Valentinus. Several martyrdom stories were invented for the various Valentines
that belonged to February 14, and added to later martyrologies. A popular hagiographical
account of Saint Valentine of Rome states 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. According to legend, during his imprisonment, he healed the daughter
of his jailer, Asterius. An embellishment to this story states that before his execution
he wrote her a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell. Today, Saint Valentine's Day
is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Lutheran Church. The Eastern
Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, albeit on July 6 and July 30, 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). In Brazil, the Dia de São
Valentim is recognized on June 12. 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. In 18th-century England, it 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"). 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.