Here<\/a> is a good account of the history of St. Valentine\u2019s Day, how it\u2019s NOT related to the pagan festival of Lupercalia and how the death day of an early Christian martyr got connected with love and romance.\u00a0 (Short answer:\u00a0 Chaucer.)<\/p>\nSo what can be said about the true meaning of St. Valentine\u2019s Day in 2014?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here is a good account of the history of St. Valentine\u2019s Day, how it\u2019s NOT related to the pagan festival of Lupercalia and how the death day of an early Christian martyr got connected with love and romance.\u00a0 (Short answer:\u00a0 Chaucer.) So what can be said about the true meaning of St. Valentine\u2019s Day in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[2441],"class_list":["post-17999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-holidays","tag-st-valentines-day"],"yoast_head":"\n
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