Origins of Valentine's Day

Why all the flowers and chocolates? We take a look at the origins of Saint Valentine's Day, learn about a couple of Valentines, and why there might be a big historical mistake about the whole thing! ❤️
LINKS:
An article where UCLA professor investigates claims that Valentine's Day is a historical misunderstanding: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
An article about Valentine of Rome: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011...
An article about Valentine of Terni: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021...
An article about Valentine Sventitsky: https://roca.org/oa/volume-iii/issue-...
Origins of chocolates on Valentine's Day: https://www.thechocolatejournalist.co...

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