Orléanais
Orléanais , region and former province, N central France, on both sides of the Loire River. Orléans , the historic capital, Chartres , and Blois are the chief cities. The region includes Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, and parts of Eure-et-Loir and Yonne depts. Beauce in the north, Little Beauce in the west, and Gâtinais in the east are rich agricultural districts; the large ancient forest of Orléans (northeast of the city) occupies the center of the region. The fertile Loire valley yields fruits, vegetables, and grapes and is dotted by many fine châteaux, notably Blois and Chambord . South of the Loire bend is the swampy Sologne Plain, which has been considerably improved by drainage. The nucleus of the Orléanais has been part of the royal domain since the time of Hugh Capet (10th cent.); see Capetians . Although Orléanais is one of the areas of France least affected by Roman civilization, there are abundant ruins of fortresses and churches from the Carolingian period (c.7th cent.).
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Bring back Lupercalia
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 2/9/2006; 700+ words
; ...cards is annoying, think of celebrating Lupercalia, the pagan precursor of Valentine...people really did until 496 A.D. Happy Lupercalia! In 496 A.D., Pope Gelasius finally...was probably thinking. He scratched Lupercalia andreplaced it with Valentine's Day...
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A dozen roses for Lupercalia
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/11/1998; ; 691 words
; The ancient Romans celebrated the Feast of Lupercalia. It was a lovers festival in which young men and women...Christian martyrs. But the romantic theme of the old pagan Lupercalia has lived on. For many years, it has been the ideal day...
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ASSESSING BLAME FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/10/2000; 700+ words
; ...seeing what we've done with their Lupercalia festival. Yeah, that's where historians...started. They credit either Rome's Lupercalia festival, about 40 A.D., or birds...mates. Personally, I'm voting for Lupercalia. Mating birds just don't do it for...
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Old rites for young love; Roman fertility festival wilder than Valentine's.(FAMILY TIMES)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/11/2007; 700+ words
; ...celebration. On Feb. 15, the day of the Lupercalia fertility festival, young men would...N.J. Now the question is: Does Lupercalia have anything to do with Valentine...matter of coincidence. He explains that Lupercalia had been celebrated for several hundred...
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Of lovers and wolves
Newspaper article from: The Press; 2/6/1998; 569 words
; ...derives from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. The Romans asked the god Lupercus...festival in his honour. The festival of Lupercalia was held each year on February 15...fell in spring, and the festival of Lupercalia soon became associated with love and...
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A historical perspective
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/9/2003; 505 words
; ...goats and a dog on the festival of the Lupercalia. This took place in the Lupercal...protector of the flock. Thus, the holiday Lupercalia was instituted on Feb. 15, on which...is believed that the celebration of Lupercalia transformed and spread as the Roman...
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Jaque Mate / Dia del amor.(Primera)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 2/13/2004; 700+ words
; ...festejaban a mediados de febrero la Lupercalia, un festival de fertilidad y de anticipacin...calor y de relaciones amorosas. La Lupercalia era una festividad eminentemente ldica...fertilidad. Uno de los propsitos de la Lupercalia era generar parejas en previsin a la...
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COLUMN: He lost his head for romance
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/14/2001; ; 571 words
; ...as the day before the Roman feast of Lupercalia, a pagan love festival. In 496, Pope Gelasius changed Lupercalia from Feb. 15 to 14 in an attempt to...elements that "insulted" God, so Lupercalia was out and Saint Valentine (the patron...
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Getting to heart of holiday Long before Cupid starting shooting arrows Valentine's Day was more about sacrificial rites than
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/10/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...began as a fertility rite known as the Lupercalia. In ancient Rome, February was considered...purification. Celebrated on Feb. 15, Lupercalia honored Lupercus, or Fanus, the Roman...help promote fertility. Later in the Lupercalia festival, according to legend, all...
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Happy Valentine's Day.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/14/2005; 550 words
; ...Valentines Day was the celebration of the Lupercalia. The feast recalled how Romulus and...rescued and nursed by a female wolf. The Lupercalia celebration included the custom of having...religion of Rome, the feast of the Lupercalia was outlawed by the Pope and it was...
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Lupercalia
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Lupercalia an ancient Roman festival of purification and fertility, held annually on 15 February. Chosen celebrants, wearing the skins...
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Valentine, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...x2018;Valentine’ has nothing to do with the martyr, but probably derives from customs of the Roman festival of Lupercalia in honour of the goddess Februata Juno, when boys drew by lot the names of unmarried girls (mid-February). The suggestion...
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Saint Valentine's Day
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Valentine's Day Western European Christian holiday, originally the Roman feast of Lupercalia . It was christianized in memory of the martyrdom of St. Valentine in AD 270, who, in medieval times, came to be associated...
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Faunus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...identified with the Greek Pan. His festival was observed on Dec. 5 with dancing and merrymaking. Another festival, the Lupercalia , held in February, is also generally believed to have been in honor of him. He was attended by fauns—mischievous...
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carnival
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...unparalleled peak of civil disorder and licentiousness. The major Roman carnivals were the Bacchanalia, the Saturnalia, and the Lupercalia. In Europe the tradition of spring fertility celebrations persisted well into Christian times, where carnivals reached their...
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