Saint Valentine's Day, often simply Valentine's Day, is observed on February 14 each year. Today Valentine's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it remains a working day in all of them.
The original "St. Valentine" was a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saint named Valentinus. Modern romantic connotations were added several centuries later by poets. Several martyrdom stories were invented for the various Valentines that belonged to February 14, and added to later martyrologies.[citation needed] This celebration was deleted from the General Roman Calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI.
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. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines").
Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
情人節（英語：Valentine's Day），又譯為聖瓦倫丁節，相傳節日命名源於古羅馬時期，青年基督教傳教士Valentine冒險傳教時被捕入獄。他的英勇行為感動了老獄吏及他一名雙目失明的女兒，從而獲得他們悉心照顧。面對行刑前，Valentine寫信給失明女示愛。處死當天，失明女在他墓前種植一棵開紅花的杏樹寄託情思，這天就是2月14日。因此「情人節」定於每年的2月14日，是西方的傳統節日之一。在這一天，有些人會贈送禮物給情人或心儀的人，例如會送巧克力、賀卡和花等，用以表達愛意或友好。近年，情人節宗教意味漸消，亦有部分人認為情人節過於商業化，送禮行為逐漸便開始標準化和世俗化，但亦有人選擇在情人節這天註冊結婚。基於宗教理由，南亞和中東很多地區都企圖用法例規範及阻止情人節的發展。
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