The Roman's weren't fond of Christians and two that they executed were Valentine of Terni (in AD 197) and Valentine of Rome. Then in about AD 496 the Pope (of the now Christian Holy Roman Empire) declared that February 14th should be St Valentine's Day. He thus combined the commemoration of two martyred Christians with the ancient pagan feast of Lupercalia.
Valentine's Day is mentioned in the writings of Gfrey Chaucer (AD 1382) and later in 15th Century France.
Shakespeare mentions the day in Hamlet;
"To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,"
"All in the morning betime,"
"And I a maid at your window,"
"To be your Valentine.
During the 18th Century the writing and exchanging of cards become popular in Britain and the practice had spread to America by the 19th Century.
By the early 20th Century card makers were producing Valentine's Day cards on a vastly increased commercial basis and now, in the early 21st Century, over 1 billion St Valentine's Day cards will be sent.
In terms of the number of cards sent it's second only to Christmas, so quite a good earner for the card makers and the Post Office then.
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