According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, at least three different St. Valentines were recorded in early histories of martyrs under the date of Feb. 14.

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He also introduced St Valentine, a bishop who had lived 400 years earlier. St Valentine was born in Terni, in central Italy, in 175AD, and was considered the protector of lovers.

Seton 5th graders made a trip Tuesday to the Rock Island Public Library to make Valentine cards for residents at St. Anthony’s care center. The trip was part of Seton Catholic School’s ‘Day ...

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.