The Bible Answers Short Questions From Our Readers - Plain Truth Staff - January 1967

Plain Truth Staff

Question: "Where did St. Valentine's Day come from? What should I tell our children about these customs?" Answer: SCHOOLS are supposed to educate children. Yet how many are taught in school the surprising origin of Valentine's Day? Centuries before Christ, the pagan Romans celebrated February 15 and the evening of February 14 as an idolatrous festival in honor of Lupercus, the "hunter of wolves...." - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library