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When was Valentine's Day first an official holiday?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2023

In 496 A.D February 14, was declared in the name of St. Valentine but it wasn't until 1537 that St. Valentine's Day was declared an official holiday. England's King Henry VIII declared February 14th a holiday.

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