14 February 2020
Word of the Day: St Valentine's Day
VALENTINE’S DAY, ST. Traditional lovers’ day, going back to the pagan
Lupercalia, in mid-February, and the medieval belief that birds began to mate
at that time. Eventually this custom and belief became associated with the feast
of St. Valentine on February 14, which may refer to any one of three saints
by the same name: a priest-physician martyred in Rome in 269; a bishop of Interamna,
beheaded at Rome about 273; and a martyr in Africa who was put to death with
several companions.
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