Lupercus
Americannoun
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A heathen deity of Italy, Lupercus, the guardian of their flocks and pastures, has also been identified with Pan, and in whose honour annual rural festivals, known as Lupercalia, were observed.
From A History of Pantomime by R. J. Broadbent
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 Robert Franklin Pennell
The same writer also says that the Pope tried to abolish it in the fifth century, but he succeeded only in sending it down to us in the name of St. Valentine instead of Lupercus.
From Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas by Various
"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 Edward Lucas White
Lupercus was, primarily, the god of shepherds, said to have been so called because he protected the flocks from wolves.
From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Ebenezer Charlton Black
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