Saint Valentine: The Catholic Martyr Turned Into a Mascot

Feb 14th 2026 4:46pm EST

Who was Saint Valentine, and how did a Christian martyr’s feast day become transformed into a carnival of candy hearts, greeting cards, and commercialized sentimentality? How did a solemn commemoration of sacrificial faith become repackaged as a secular spectacle divorced from its sacred origin? Saint Valentine, known in Latin as Valentinus, refers to one or […]

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