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Valentine's Day or St Valentine's Day has been celebrated since time immemorial and while its beginnings are vague, history has narrowed its origins down to three possible events. It is suggested that the day may have started in commemoration of St Valentine of Terni who defied his emperor’s law and secretly married young couples to spare husbands from war. Another possible beginning is in commemoration of another member of the clergy (some believe it is the same man), an imprisoned priest named Valentine who befriended his jailor’s daughter and wrote a letter signing it “From your Valentine”. Still others believe that the day was meant to commemorate the Roman festival of Lupercalia which celebrated the coming of spring and included fertility rites. Whichever origin story is preferred, over the years the day itself has sparked a thriving trade for florists, chocolatiers as well as the