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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
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-- Peter Ciccariello http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/