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How Valentines Day Began Legend and Saints
Bev Jacques explains how February 14 became linked to romance through medieval beliefs about birds mating midway through February. The day was devoted to lovers and tied to Saint Valentine, with Chaucer and two saints named Valentine in Rome. The martyr story describes a priest and physician beheaded around 269 under Emperor Claudius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bev Jacques
Valentine
Geoffrey Chaucer
Foules
Rome
Claudius
the Catholic Press, Inc
Chicago
Illinois