Valentine’s Day is upon us, Toronto Maple Leafs fans, so I thought I’d set the mood right, after providing a little background history first, of course.
Valentine’s Day can be traced all the way back to the 3rd-century, commemorating Saint Valentine, a Roman clergyman, who attended to persecuted Christians during the Roman Empire. He was martyred and buried on February 14th, which ultimately became associated with the Feast of Saint Valentine (Although he is just one of three martyred saints who is recognized as being the potential inspiration for Valentine’s Day).
The connotation of love and romance in connection with this day is widely believed to have occurred much later on, sometime in the late 14th-century, based on the writings from famed poet Geoffrey Chaucer.