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A dozen roses for Lupercalia
; The ancient Romans celebrated the Feast of Lupercalia. It was a lovers festival in which young men and women chose...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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Bring back Lupercalia
; ...cards is annoying, think of celebrating Lupercalia, the pagan precursor of Valentine's...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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Of lovers and wolves
; ...derives from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. The Romans asked the god Lupercus to...festival in his honour. The festival of Lupercalia was held each year on February 15. According...fell in spring, and the festival of Lupercalia soon became associated with love and...
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Happy Valentine's Day.(Opinion & Editorial)
; ...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...official religion of Rome, the feast of the Lupercalia was outlawed by the Pope and it was...
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EDITORIALS
; ...Issue: It started as the festival of Lupercalia. Our View: Enjoy this special day. English...began with the Romans as the festival of Lupercalia. It involved the sacrifice of goats...the early church skillfully co-opted Lupercalia and, in 498, it became St. Valentine...
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Old rites for young love; Roman fertility festival wilder than Valentine's.(FAMILY TIMES)
; ...celebration. On Feb. 15, the day of the Lupercalia fertility festival, young men would...Union, N.J. Now the question is: Does Lupercalia have anything to do with Valentine's...matter of coincidence. He explains that Lupercalia had been celebrated for several hundred...
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Loversa[euro][TM] day.(Breakfast Table)
; Byline: Adrian E. Cristobal ROMEaS Lupercalia (15 February) is the ancestor of Valentineas Day. On that...although he refused the crown. According to annalists, the Lupercalia gradually became Valentineas Day, named after two legendary...
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Visualising themes of love.(Arts)
; EVE of Lupercalia in an exhibition of textile and mixed media artworks visualising themes of love. It can be seen at the Norwegian Church Gallery, Cardiff Bay, from tomorrow until Valentine's Day.
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Jaque Mate / Dia del amor.(Primera)
; ...festejaban a mediados de febrero la Lupercalia, un festival de fertilidad y de anticipaci...de calor y de relaciones amorosas. La Lupercalia era una festividad eminentemente l...fertilidad. Uno de los propósitos de la Lupercalia era generar parejas en previsió...
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Origins of Valentine's Day
; ...eve of the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia, an annual festival held on Feb 15. The ancients viewed the Lupercalia festival as a purification and fertility...women and marriage. The festival of Lupercalia followed, where boys drew the names...
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