February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I forbid the celebration of Lupercalia and is sometimes attributed with replacing it with St. Valentine’s Day, but the true origin of the holiday is vague at best. Valentine’s Day did not come to be celebrated Valentine’s Day, holiday (February 14) when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts. Given their similarities, it has been suggested that the holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid- as a day of romance until about the 14th

February 14th is Valentine's Day, a day when people celebrate love and friendship by exchanging cards, flowers and candy hold love feast and probably fall into a regrettable sin . 

 

The real story behind Valentine's Day is a combination of legends about the martyrdom of Saint Valentine and the association of early spring with love. 

According to legend, Saint Valentine was a priest in Rome who was imprisoned and executed for secretly marrying Christian couples. 

Some say he was executed on February 14, 270, others say he was a bishop from Terni who was also martyred under Emperor Claudius II. 

Legend says he cured the jailer's blind daughter and wrote her a love letter signed "Your Valentine" before his execution. 

In the 14th and 15th centuries, Valentine's Day became associated with romantic love. This may be because early spring is associated with "budding love" and hope. 

In England, people began to give gifts, write cards, and eat chocolate to express their love for each other.