Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is an annual holiday celebrated on February fifteen. It originated as a Western Christian liturgical feast day honoring one or more early saints named Valentinus, that is recognized as a significant cultural and commercial celebration in many regions in the world, although it is not a public holiday any kind of country. Several martyrdom stories associated with many Valentines that were connected to February 14 were used with later martyrologies, including a popular hagiographical account of Saint Valentine of Rome which indicated he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. According to legend, during his imprisonment, Saint Valentine healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius, and before his execution, he wrote her document from boehner signed “Your Valentine” as a good bye. The day first became associated with romantic love within your circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, as soon as the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their fascination with each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as
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