Antiquity, Poems, &c. SKIP ADVERTISEMENT. Skip to content Skip to site index ... St. Valentine's Day.; Antiquity of Its Observance and Poems in Its Honor. Share full article. Feb. 12, 1898.

So, when did writers and readers associate Saint Valentine with the idea of romantic love? In the late 14th century, English ...

An ancient document referencing Valentine’s Day’s date is the 1382 poem ‘Parliament of Fowls’ by Geoffrey Chaucer which translates to: “For this was on St. Valentine’s Day, when every ...

Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD, and the rest is this history. ... The valentine is believed to be a love poem he wrote to his wife in 1415.

As couples across the world prepared for Valentine's Day in February 2025, a rumor cropped up on social media that St. Valentine is not only the patron saint of lovers, but also of beekeepers ...

The history of Valentine's Day is mushy. It's been linked to a 12th-century poem about birds mating, the Christian-martyr-turned-Saint Valentine and a deadly fertility ritual in ancient Rome, but ...

This story appeared in The Enquirer on Feb. 14, 2016. The myth that Valentine’s Day was created by greeting card companies may persist because we don’t really have a clear idea of where it ...

To commemorate King Richard II’s engagement on that day in 1381, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a love poem. “He had Italian friends who told him that it was the feast of St. Valentine, the first ...

Notorious St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago . In 1929, arguably the most brutal gangster murders of all time took place on Feb. 14 inside a garage in Chicago's Lincoln Park.