Lupercus
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The LUPERCALIA; a festival in honor of Lupercus, the god of fertility, was celebrated on the 15th of February.
From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Pennell, Robert Franklin
It records the name of a Roman knight, Sufenas, who had held the office of Lupercus and had been a fellow of the Neapolitan phratria of Antinous—fretriaco Neapoli Antinoiton et Eunostidon.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
"We all took them for Rufinus and Lupercus," the head huntsman rejoined.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas
Among the oldest feasts were undoubtedly the Lupercalia, in honour of Lupercus, the god of fertility; the Equiria, in honour of Mars; the Palilia; the great September festival; and the Saturnalia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
When there was a feast, all of these various kinds of families learned something of the worship of Mars, or Maia Dia, or Saturn, or Pales, or Lupercus.
From The Childhood of Rome by Lamprey, Louise
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