What is Valentine's Day? How did Valentine's day start?
There is a traditional English belief that birds choose their mates on this day.
Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day falls on February 14. The holiday is named after two men,
both Christian martyrs named Valentine. None of the current traditions connected with 14 February have anything to do with either of them.
The day became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages,
when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The name Valentine comes from the Latin word valor, meaning worthy. 
The Catholic Church formally recognized a total of eleven Valentine's days.
Besides February 14, these include January 7, May 2, July 16, August 31, September 2, October 25, November 1 and November 3, November 11, November 13, and December 16
The Orthodox Church recognizes a somewhat different list of Valentine's days
Although no connection between St. Valentine and love is mentioned in any early account.
ref: encyc.
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