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2. Valentine's Day - Wikipedia

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   Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, [1] is celebrated annually on February 14. [2] It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine , and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in ...

3. The True Origin of Valentine’s Day Isn't All Flowers and ...

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   While February 14 is widely celebrated with sweet Valentine's Day treats, heartfelt Valentine's Day gifts, and romantic dinners, few people are familiar with the holiday's true origins.

4. Saint Valentine - Wikipedia

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   The Feast of Saint Valentine, also known as Saint Valentine's Day, was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496 to be celebrated on February 14 in honour of the Christian martyr. [41] A shrine of Saint Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland. February 14 is Saint Valentine's Day in the Lutheran calendar of saints. [12]

5. The surprisingly unromantic origins of Valentine’s Day - AOL

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6. Cupid - Wikipedia

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   It has also played a role in popular culture as an example for "true love", and is commonly used in relation to the holiday Valentine's Day. "La Belle et la Bête" ("The Beauty and the Beast") was written by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve , and then abridged by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1740; [ 76 ] in 1991 it inspired the Disney ...

7. Why do we celebrate Valentine’s Day? The unromantic origins ...

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8. Heart symbol - Wikipedia

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   A "Vinegar Valentine" card from the 1870s, with a red heart symbol pierced by six arrows. The traditional "heart shape" appears on a 1910 Valentine's Day card. Sheet music cover of "Look in His Eyes", from the musical Have a Heart (1913).

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   However, Valentine’s Day was only “commercialized” in the 1840s, when "Mother of the American Valentine" Esther A. Howland started selling cards with lace and ribbons.