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Today is the feast day of Saint Valentine, a priest who was martyred for the faith on this day in the late 3rd century. He married Christian couples in defiance of Empower Claudius II, who banned marriage in order to conscript more soldiers in his war against the Goths.

Married men were not forced to go to war, so Valentinus was a real thorn in the emperor's side. Available soldiers were sparse. Legend says that Valentinus would give hearts cut from parchment to Christian husbands to remind them of their vows and God's love.

"And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth." JRR Tolkien


As a child, I remember this day being referred to as "St Valentine's Day". Not sure when "saint" was dropped.