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
The Latins sometimes called him Incubus or the “Nightmare,” and at Rome he was worshipped as Lupercus, or Lynceus.
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann
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 Nuttall, P. Austin
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
Munius Lupercus advances from Vetera with remnant of Legs.
From Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II by Fyfe, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)
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