One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided ...

Valentine’s Day, celebrated annually on February 14 in many Western countries, is synonymous with romantic love, expressions ...

Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this ...

Pictured is the Shrine of Saint Valentine in Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin. Saint Valentine, a priest in ancient Rome, ...

But the origins are far more complex — and darker than the chocolate we indulge in on the day of love. Valentine’s Day is ...

Did you know that Americans spend an estimated $20 billion each year on Valentine’s Day This staggering figure highlights not ...

Each Valentine's Day, millions of Americans gift their partners or loved ones with flowers, cards or candy as a token of ...

Ancient Romans had a seemingly predictable diet for pre-refrigeration days made up of mostly cereals, legumes and meats with ...

According to History.com, exchanging Valentine's took off in the 1700s, a period coinciding with Romanticism in literature and art across Europe and America. When a woman named Esther A. Howland began ...

Valentine’s Day is believed to have started in ancient Rome, but not as a day of love. Instead, it was linked to a brutal ...

The story of the origin of Valentine’s Day is shrouded in many myths and legends. According to one version, this day is dedicated to the priest Valentine, who served in Rome in the third century AD, ...

The most famous gay couple of antiquity… … were possibly really just close platonic friends. Whether Alexander the Great and ...