- Valentine's Day History
Historical facts about St. Valentine, the origins of Valentine's Day, and descriptions of associated traditions.
www.pictureframes.co.uk/pages/saint_valentine.htm
- Valentines' Day: Not Like it Used to Be
Explains how Valentine's Day customs of past and present differ rather remarkably.
wilstar.com/holidays/valentn.htm
- Wikipedia: Valentine's Day
Offers information about Valentine's Day, including its history and its equivalents in other cultures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine's_Day
- Origins of Valentine's Day
Offers several interpretations of the origins of Valentine's Day as well as an overview of the history of the valentine.
www.techdirect.com/valentine/origin.html
- How Valentine's Day Works
Reviews the origins, traditions, and symbols of Valentine's Day.
people.howstuffworks.com/valentine.htm
- History.com: The History of Valentine's Day
A look at the origins of the most romantic holiday, including the real St. Valentine. From the History Channel.
www.history.com/minisites/valentine
- Valentine's Day Origins
The Catholic Church's attempt to paper over a popular pagan fertility rite with the clubbing death and decapitation of one of its own martyrs is the origin of this lovers' holiday.
grove.ufl.edu/~leo/val.html
- History of Cupid and Valentine's Day
Offers information on the legend of Cupid.
www.theromantic.com/valentinesday/cupid.htm
- About.com: Valentine's Day
Brief overview of the origins and development of the holiday.
dating.about.com/library/weekly/aa020100.htm
- History of St. Valentine's Day
Offers a history of Valentine's Day and its patron saint.
www.theromantic.com/valentinesday/history.htm
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