From naff cards to ostentatious flower bouquets – St Valentine's Day may be cheesy, but there's no doubt many people love it. From its early roots nearly 2,000 years ago, via celebrated poet ...

In a 1981 academic article, the late University of Kansas English professor Jack B. Oruch argued that Chaucer's 1375 poem “Parlement of Foules” was the first to record St. Valentine's Day as a ...

Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD, and the rest is this history. ... According to Hallmark, an estimated 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are sent each year.

For years, a rumor has circulated that greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day, which falls yearly on Feb. 14. The idea gained traction in pop culture due to a line in the 2004 film ...

Valentine's Day is almost here, but it wasn't always the heart-filled, card-giving, chocolate-gifting holiday we know today. Here's everything you should know about the history of the beloved ...

With Valentine's Day less than a week away, there's still time to send virtual gift cards to patients at St. Jude's Research Hospital. Supporters can choose from five different patient art ...

Valentine's Day is coming. Love ... heartfelt cards ... Lupercalia was eventually banned at the close of the fifth century when Pope Gelasius designated February 14 as St. Valentine’s Day.

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. ... He declared Feb. 14 as the feast day of a St. Valentine, ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. ... He declared Feb. 14 as the feast day of a St. Valentine, ...

Valentine’s Day originated with the idea of a lovers’ festival, which dates back to the 14th century. And the tradition of giving cards to others on Valentine’s Day began around the 18th ...

At the end of the 5th century, the celebration of Lupercalia was forbidden by Pope Gelasius I, who is often attributed with replacing it with St. Valentine’s Day, according to Britannica.