Valentine's Day
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 Victorian Valentine's Card | |
| Also called | Saint Valentine's Day Valentine's |
| Observed by | Many countries |
| Type | Christian, cultural |
| Significance | Love and affection celebrated between lovers |
| Date | February 14 |
| Observances | Sending greeting cards and gifts, dating |
Saint Valentine's Day (commonly simply Valentine's Day) is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The holiday first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Dayhe tradition of courtly love flourished.
Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
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