Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th and is thought to be connected to the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia.

But the origins are far more complex — and darker than the chocolate we indulge in on the day of love. Valentine’s Day is ...

According to History.com, exchanging Valentine's took off in the 1700s, a period coinciding with Romanticism in literature ...

While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial ...

Valentine’s Day is a holiday for people worldwide to share their love and affection. But did you ever wonder how the holiday ...

Many legends claim to explain the origins of Valentine’s Day, but as is the case with legends, they leave many questions ...

In the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around naked or nearly naked, hitting women with the animals' hides.

Some scholars trace Valentine's Day back to ancient Greece and the mythical green meadows of Arcadia in the Peloponnese.

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right?

When the emperor converted to Christianity, many of the holidays common to Roman society received a makeover. A prisoner ...

Here are a few: For years, the consensus among historians was that the holiday had something to do with an ancient Roman festival called Lupercalia that fell in mid-February. Noel Lenski ...