Across
- 2. this king officially declared Feb. 14 the holiday of St. Valentine's Day in 1537
- 3. third-century priest who defied Emperor Claudius II when he banned marriage to keep his male population temperamentally disposed toward soldiering
- 5. 73 percent of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day
- 9. doctors of the 1800s commonly advised their patients to eat chocolate to calm their pining for lost love
- 10. over 50 million of these are given worldwide on valentines day
- 12. The Italian city where about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day are sent.
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- 1. he invented the first Valentines Day candy box in the late 1800s
- 4. this Roman goddess of love favored the red rose
- 6. a symbol of undying love
- 7. this company produced its first Valentine’s card in 1913
- 8. In ancient Rome, February 15 was the festival of ________
- 11. the goddess of women and marriage