Lupercus
Americannoun
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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
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
Faunus is frequently called Inuus or the fertilizer, and Lupercus or the one who wards off wolves.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens
Munius Lupercus advances from Vetera with remnant of Legs.
From Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II by W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe
Lupercus, an ancient Italian god, worshipped by shepherds as the protector of their flocks against wolves.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
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