01/11/2009 St. Valentine’s Day: 5th Century Rome “The Catholic Church’s attempt to paper over a popular pagan fertility rite with the clubbing death and decapitation Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...