February, the month of love, is here, and people all around the world are preparing to express and celebrate their feelings and love with their crushes, partners, or loved ones. In modern days, every year February 14 is regarded as Valentine’s Day the celebration of love. But do you know exactly where and when valentine’s day originated and the reason behind its celebrations? If you don’t know, we have compiled some interesting facts about Valentine’s Day that might be informative and surprise you.

Facts Of the Valentine’s Day

 -Expression of the Love, Valentine’s Day’s origin is not romantic it’s a bloodshed

-On February 14 around 270 AD, in the third century the Saint Valentine of Rome was martyred by Claudius II which is now celebrated as Valentine’s Day.

-As per the Catholic Encyclopedia, there were three persons with the name St. Valentine, all executed on February, 14^th

– The first saint was a priest at a Roman temple, the second a bishop in Italy, and the third a Roman African provincial saint whose information is unavailable.

-Valentine’s name was common and famous between the second and eighth centuries

-St. Valentine secretly performed weddings for young lovers when Claudius II believed that unmarried men were better warriors and prohibited marriage.

– Valentine wrote a letter to his Jailor’s daughter before his executions, signing it “From Your Valentine,” which is still used today as a gesture of sympathy, heroism, and romance.

-Some believe that Valentine’s Day is also considered a celebration of an effort to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia

-Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture where the men and women were matched for marriage

-In 496 AD, Pope Gelasius declared 14^th February as ‘Valentine’s Day’ to end ‘Lupercalia’

– In the Middle Ages, February 14 was believed to symbolize the beginning of the bird’s breeding season, hence the ‘romance’ term was added to this day.

-Geoffrey Chaucer was the first person to celebrate February 14 as a romantic day in his poem “The Parlement of Foules” in 1375AD

-In Great Britain, Valentine’s Day began to be popularly celebrated around the 17^th century.

-By the middle of the 18^th, Valentine’s Day was common for friends and lovers of all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes

-By the 19^th century printed cards began to replace written letters and tokens

 – According to the Greeting Card Association, over 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are sent each year, making Valentine’s Day the second most popular card-sending day of the year after Christmas.

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