Origins of Valentine's Day

In ancient Rome, there was no St. Valentine. But there was the crafty god Faun (Luprk is one of his nicknames), the patron of herds and the temper of women. His holiday was celebrated on February, 15 on the slopes of Palatin Hill. It was a big holiday devoted to the Faun. It was a holiday of abundance. The day prior to this holiday was the holiday of the Roman goddess of marriage, motherhood and women Juno. On this day girls wrote love letters. Letters were put into a huge vase, and then men pulled out those letters. Then men started to look for that girl whose love letter he has pulled out. (Man how things have changed-now it's us men that have to write the love letters!)
The Valentine's day was once named "the Bird's wedding". It was considered that birds form marriage pairs in the second week of the second month of the year.