Saint
____________________
Day
,
commonly
shortened
to
Valentine's
Day
,
is
an
annual
____________________
held
on
____________________
____________________
celebrating
love
and
affection
between
intimate
companions
.
The
day
is
named
after
one
or
more
early
____________________
martyrs
named
Valentine
and
was
established
by
Pope
Gelasius
I
in
500
AD
.
It
was
deleted
from
the
Roman
calendar
of
saints
in
____________________
by
Pope
Paul
VI
,
but
its
religious
observance
is
still
permitted
.
It
is
____________________
a
day
on
which
lovers
express
their
____________________
for
each
other
by
presenting
____________________
,
offering
confectionery
,
and
sending
greeting
____________________
(
known
as
"
valentines
"
)
.
The
day
first
became
associated
with
____________________
love
in
the
circle
of
Geoffrey
Chaucer
in
the
High
Middle
Ages
,
when
the
tradition
of
courtly
love
flourished
.
Modern
Valentine's
Day
symbols
include
the
____________________
-
shaped
outline
,
doves
,
and
the
figure
of
the
winged
Cupid
.
Since
the
19th
century
,
handwritten
valentines
have
given
way
to
mass
-
produced
greeting
cards
.
In
the
second
half
of
the
20th
century
,
the
practice
of
exchanging
cards
was
extended
to
all
manner
of
gifts
in
the
____________________
____________________
.
Such
gifts
typically
include
____________________
and
____________________
packed
in
a
red
satin
,
heart
-
shaped
box
.
In
the
1980s
,
the
diamond
industry
began
to
promote
Valentine's
Day
as
an
occasion
for
giving
____________________
.
