avalentine"s day is named for saint valentine, an early christian churchman who reportedly helped young lovers£®valentine was killed for his christian beliefs on february 14 more than 1,700 years ago, but the day that has his name is even earlier than that£®more than 2,000 years ago, the ancient romans celebrated a holiday for lovers£®as part of the celebration, girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a large container£®boys reached into the container and pulled one out£®the girl whose name was written on the paper became his lover or sweet heart for a year£®lovers still put their names on pieces of paper and they send each other valentine" s day cards that tell of their love£®