Many long years ago the Romans started a fertility festival called "Lupercalia" but the Catholics came along and tried to replace the festival with a Catholic holiday. Naturally there was some disagreement over the two holidays, somewhere a saint was made fast forward a few years more and we have the Hallmark cards, chocolate hearts, and bouquets of roses that surround Valentine's Day today. This infographic looks at the story of Valentine's Day.
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