Lupercalia was denounced by early Christians as sinful, but founders of the church had a difficult time eradicating the tradition.
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The February Lupercalia, celebrated as late as the 5th century of the Christian era, included an archaic fertility rite.
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The title refers to the Lupercalia festival, which is the ancient fertility and love festival that happens around Valentine's Day.
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Alfred Kellogg and Robert Cox, have claimed that the modern customs of Saint Valentine's Day originate from the Roman Lupercalia customs.
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An episode that may have contributed to the Liberatores conspiracy against Caesar was on the occasion of the festival of the Lycea, or Lupercalia.
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Patrick Wolf collaborated with his fans through Bandstocks for his latest album release, Lupercalia, will not, however, be released using Bandstocks.
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It was dedicated in 194 BC on the Ides of February, anticipating by two days the major Roman festival of Faunus, the Lupercalia.
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Many scholars attribute them to the Roman Lupercalia, a festival to welcome spring that evolved into a period of debauchery, circuses and gladiatorial contests.
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Augustus, during his program of religious revivalism, attempted to reform the Lupercalia, in part by suppressing the use of nudity despite its fertility aspect.
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Another rider explains that the whip harks back to the Roman Lupercalia, when in springtime men ritually " beat " the women to invoke fertility.
