Lupercalia Festival is celebrated as a fertility festival.
270 A.D.
Saint Valentine signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell to the daughter of his judge.
Late 400s
Pope Gelasius I abolished Lupercalia.
1300s
Saint Valentine's Day became associated with romantic love within the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer.
1700s
Evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love by presenting flowers, confectionery and greeting cards in England.
1800s
Handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
Saint Valentine's Keys are given to lovers "as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver's heart", as well as to children, in order to ward off epilepsy.
Valentine's Day symbols
used today
Heart-shaped Outline
Doves
Winged Cupid
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