The Dark Origins Of Valentine's Day
February 13, 20118:36 AM ET
Commentary
Arnie Seipel
Valentine's Day is a time to
celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the origins of this
festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled.
A drawing depicts the death of St.
Valentine — one of them, anyway. The Romans executed two men by that name on
Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D.
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