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The first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love is in
Parlement of Foules (1382)
"For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese [chose] his make [mate]."
- by Geoffrey Chaucer
From Wikipedia
-- Peter Ciccariello
http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/