The feast day of St. Valentine is celebrated on February 14. Commonly known as Valentineās Day, a loversā festival, it is almost globally celebrated through the exchange of greetings, cards, flowers, and other gifts expressing love and affection. However, it did not come to be celebrated as a day of romance until about the 14th century. Many theories claim suggest that at the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I forbid the celebration of the Roman spring festival Lupercalia and replaced it with St. Valentineās Day, but the true origin of the holiday is vague at best.
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