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  2. Lupercalia - Wikipedia

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    Lupercalia, also known as Lupercal, was a pastoral festival of Ancient Rome observed annually on February 15 to purify the city, promoting health and fertility. [1] Lupercalia was also known as dies Februatus , after the purification instruments called februa , the basis for the month named Februarius .

  3. Roman festivals - Wikipedia

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    Following is a month-by-month list of Roman festivals and games that had a fixed place on the calendar. For some, the date on which they were first established is recorded. A deity's festival often marked the anniversary (dies natalis, "birthday") of the founding of a temple, or a rededication after a major renovation. Festivals not named for ...

  4. Category:Lupercalia - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Lupercalia, a pastoral festival of Ancient Rome observed annually on February 15 to purify the city, promoting health and fertility. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.

  5. Lupercal - Wikipedia

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    The Lupercal (from Latin lupa "female wolf") was a cave at the southwest foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, located somewhere between the temple of Magna Mater and the Sant'Anastasia al Palatino. [1] In the legend of the founding of Rome , Romulus and Remus were found there by the she-wolf who suckled them until they were rescued by the ...

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    The ancient Romans indulged in lavish, hours-long banquet feasts that served to broadcast their wealth and status in ways that eclipse our notions of a resplendent meal.

  7. Juno Februata - Wikipedia

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    A festival said to be of Juno Februata or Juno Februa, though it does not appear in Ovid's Fasti, was described by Alban Butler, famous as the author of Butler's Lives of Saints, who presented an aspect of the Roman Lupercalia as a festival of a "Juno Februata", under the heading of February 14:

  8. Lupercus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    His sanctuary was the Lupercal, where she-wolf took care of Romulus and Remus; [2] this is why Lupercalia was a celebration that helped pregnant women. [citation needed] Lupercus is sometimes identified with the god Pan in Greek mythology. [1] The Roman god Faunus is a variation of Lupercus, also linked to the festival of Lupercalia. [3]

  9. Category:Ancient Roman festivals - Wikipedia

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