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HighBeam Encyclopedia - Saint Valentine's Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY [Saint Valentine's Day] Western European Christian holiday, originally the Roman feast of Lupercalia. |
 | | It was christianized in memory of the martyrdom of St. Valentine in AD 270, who, in medieval times, came to be associated with the union of lovers under conditions of duress. |
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