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Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day. Information on the ancient holidays and saints related to the modern Valentine's Day holiday.
Valentine's Day - About the Origins and History of Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day Origins and other February holidays.
Cupid - Lupercalia - Gamelion - Valentine's Day
Cupid, gamelion, Lupercalia, Hieros Gamos, and Valentine's Day. In the month for purification, February, one of the events involved ritual scourging of women by the luperci for the purposes of making them fetile.
Cupid, Luperci, and the Valentine's Day Saints
Gamelion and Lupercalia.
The Love Goddess
Five ancient love goddesses.
Valentine's Day Saints
The origins and history of Valentine's Day.
Lupercalia
Article on Lupercalia, a holiday from ancient Rome often associated with modern Valentine's Day, from William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D.: A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities John Murray, London, 1875.
The Roman Festival of Lupercalia
Origins and speculation about the Roman festival of Lupercalia.
Februarius
The month of February (Februarius) was not always the second month of the Roman year.