Valentine’s Day is a day of love Where love is as bright as the sun We share kisses, and even a hug With people we call our loved ones Unrequited love is oh! so harsh When the one you love doesn’t love you You feel you’re left standing in the dark Wishing this reality were untrue Well that’s why Valentine’s Day is so great It encourages you to show you care It makes you just want to say I love you and will always be there I once loved someone in this way And I was encouraged on Valentine’s I went up to him, just to say I would like you to be mine.

I Love you my baby. When somebody loves you It’s no good unless she loves you – all the way Happy to be near you When you need someone to cheer you – all the way Taller than the tallest tree is That’s how it’s got to feel Deeper than the deep blue sea is That’s how deep it goes – if its real When somebody needs you It’s no good unless she needs you – all the way Through the good or lean years And for all the in between years – come what way Who know where the road will lead us.

A red, red rose My love’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June; My love’s like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in love am I, And I will love thee still, my Dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry Till a’ the seas gang dry, my Dear, And the rocks melt we’ the sun: I will love thee still, my Dear, While the sands o’ life shall run. And fare thee well, my only Love, And fare thee well a while! And I will come again, my Love, Though’ it were ten thousand mile!

Saint Valentine's Day (commonly shortened to Valentine's Day) is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentinent Valentine's Day (commonly shortened to Valentine's Day) is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "Valentine"). The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.loveaffection intimate companionsmartyrsValentineloveaffectionintimate companions martyrsValentinePope Gelasius IdeletedRoman calendar of saintsPope Paul VIpresenting flowersconfectionerygreeting cardsromantic loveGeoffrey ChaucerHigh Middle Agescourtly love Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten Valentine have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.heart-shapedCupidgreeting cards and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "Valentine"). The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.Pope Gelasius IdeletedRoman calendar of saintsPope Paul VIpresenting flowersconfectionerygreeting cardsromantic loveGeoffrey ChaucerHigh Middle Agescourtly love Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten Valentine have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.heart-shapedCupidgreeting cards

Historical facto Numeros Earl Christian martyrs vere named Valentine. [5] The Valentine Honore on Februar 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae). [6] Valentine of Rome [7] was a priest in Rome who was martyred about AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. His relics are at the Church of Saint Praxed in Rome, [8] and at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland. Valentine of Terni [9] became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 197 and is said to have been martyred during the persecution under Emperor Aurelian. He is also buried on the Via Flaminia, but in a different location than Valentine of Rome. His relics are at the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni (Basilica di San Valentino). [10]ChristianValentine [5] [6] [7]RomeVia Flaminia [8]Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church [9]TerniAurelian [10] The Catholic Encyclopedia also speaks of a third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in early martyrologies under date of February 14. He was martyred in Africa with a number of companions, but nothing more is known about him. [11]Catholic EncyclopediamartyrologiesAfrica [11] No romantic elements are present in the original early medieval biographies of either of these martyrs. By the time a Saint Valentine became linked to romance in the 14th century, distinctions between Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni were utterly lost. [12]medieval [12] In the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the feastday of Saint Valentine on February 14 was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular (local or even national) calendars for the following reason: "Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14." [13] The feast day is still celebrated in Balzan (Malta) where relics of the saint are claimed to be found, and also throughout the world by Traditionalist Catholics who follow the older, pre-Vatican II calendar..Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints [13]BalzanMaltaTraditionalist CatholicsVatican II

Romantic legends The Early Medieval acta of either Saint Valentine were expounded briefly in Legenda Aurea. [14] According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer.acta Legenda Aurea [14] ChristianRoman EmperorClaudius II Since Legenda Aurea still provided no connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate lore has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail.Roman EmperorClaudius II There is an additional modern embellishment to The Golden Legend, provided by American Greetings to History.com, and widely repeated despite having no historical basis whatsoever. On the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he would have written the first "valentine" card himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved as the jailer's daughter whom he had befriended and healed, [16] or both. It was a note that read "From your Valentine." [ American GreetingsHistory.comexecuted [16] [

Hayle Bishop Valentine whose day this is All the Ayre is the Diocese And all the chirping Queristers And other birds ar the parishioners Thot marryest Avery yeare The Lyrick Lark, and the graue whispering Doue, The Sparrow that neglects his life for loue, The houshold bird with the redd stomacher Thou makst the Blackbird speede as soone, As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcyon The Husband Cock lookes out and soone is spedd And meets his wife, which brings her feather-bed. This day more cheerfully than ever shine This day which might inflame thy selfe old Valentine. —John Donne, Epithalamion Vpon Frederick Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth marryed on St. Valentines day