St. Valentine was sentenced to death by being beaten with clubs and to have his head, well, removed. However, before he was ...

From naff cards to ostentatious flower bouquets – St Valentine's Day may be cheesy, but there's no doubt many people love it. From its early roots nearly 2,000 years ago, via celebrated poet ...

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 ...

Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD, and the rest is this history.

While Saint Valentine's feast is no longer celebrated on Feb. 14 by the church, the celebration of love in the U.S. has continued. Who or what is Cupid?

Valentine’s Day has been celebrated for hundreds of years but many people don’t know its history nor who Saint Valentine was. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can ...

The Feast of Saint Valentine (Saint Valentine's Day) has been observed each 14 February since then. In the high middle ages (1000-1250 AD), Saint Valentine became an icon for love and romance.

TERNI, Italy (RNS) — The hometown of the saint of love found a compromise between Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday. TERNI, Italy (RNS) — This Wednesday marked a peculiar challenge for ...

One legend tells of Saint Valentine, a Roman priest who secretly performed weddings to defy Emperor Claudius II’s ban on marriages for young men. For this, he was arrested and executed.

Saint Valentine was imprisoned for having joined in marriage the young Serapio, Christian and the Roman legionary Sabino, a pagan. It would be actually two distinct historical characters, a bishop ...

St. Valentine — whether priest or bishop — was martyred on Feb. 14, now celebrated as Valentine’s Day. According to most accounts, he was beaten and then beheaded after a time of imprisonment.

Pope Gelasius I is said to have replaced the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia with St. Valentine's Day in the fifth century. The first mass-produced valentines were sold in the 1840s.