- About.com: Valentine's Day
 - Brief overview of the origins and development of the holiday. - History of Cupid and Valentine's Day
- Offers information on the legend of Cupid.
- History of St. Valentine's Day
- Offers a history of Valentine's Day and its patron saint.
- History.com: The History of Valentine's Day
- A look at the origins of the most romantic holiday, including the real St. Valentine. From the History Channel.
- How Valentine's Day Works
- Reviews the origins, traditions, and symbols of Valentine's Day.
- Origins of Valentine's Day
- Offers several interpretations of the origins of Valentine's Day as well as an overview of the history of the valentine.
 Valentine's Day History
- Historical facts about St. Valentine, the origins of Valentine's Day, and descriptions of associated traditions.- Valentine's Day History, Legends, and Superstitions
- Site offers various urban legends, superstitions, and facts about Valentine's Day celebrations.
- Valentine's Day Origins
- The Catholic Church's attempt to paper over a popular pagan fertility rite with the clubbing death and decapitation of one of its own martyrs is the origin of this lovers' holiday.
- Valentines' Day: Not Like it Used to Be
- Explains how Valentine's Day customs of past and present differ rather remarkably.
- Wikipedia: Valentine's Day
- Offers information about Valentine's Day, including its history and its equivalents in other cultures.
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