Saint Valentine's Day February 14

Saint Valentine's Day universally know to Valentine's Day is an annual memorial held on February 14 celebrate love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was recognized by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious ceremony is still permitted. It is usually a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The day first became related with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourish. Modern Valentine's Day symbols love, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have mainly given way to mass-produced greeting cards