Valentine's Day was probably invented by the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, a romantic, in 1375.
"For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day / Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate." - Chaucer ---In [email protected], <anartaxius@...> wrote : While Valentine's Day has become heavily commercialised, it was not created by a commercial entity, unless you consider the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches to be commercial entities. ---In [email protected], <jr_esq@...> wrote : For me, Valentine's Day can be any day. I'm not limited to one day, which was created by a commercial entity, to celebrate a personal event.
