Across the United States and in other places around the world, Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14.

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Although Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as Valentine's Day toward the end of the 5th century, it wasn't until around the 14th century that it became associated with romance, per History.com.

A prisoner named "Valentine" was said in one tale to have written a note signed "from your Valentine" to his jailer's daughter, according to the Feb. 13, 2024, article.

At the end of the 5th century, the celebration of Lupercalia was forbidden by Pope Gelasius I, who is often attributed with replacing it with St. Valentine’s Day, according to Britannica.

At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day, as Lupercalia was deemed “un-Christian.” It came to be recognized and celebrated as a day of ...

Pope Gelasius I is said to have replaced the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia with St. Valentine's Day in the fifth century. The first mass-produced valentines were sold in the 1840s.