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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 .
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.
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]
The Lupercalia was a very ancient festival even during Roman times. Roman historians speculated as to its origins. It may be associated with the god Lupercus, the god of shepherds and protector of flocks. Some historians link it to the She-Wolf and the Lupercal.
Adriano La Regina (formerly Rome's archaeological superintendent 1976–2004, professor of Etruscology at Sapienza University of Rome), [7] Professor Fausto Zevi (professor of Roman Archaeology at Rome's La Sapienza University) [8] and Professor Henner von Hesberg (head of the German Archaeological Institute, Rome) [9] denied the identification of the grotto with Lupercal on topographic and ...
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:
Research published in 2019 suggests that the word derives from the Luperci and the associated Roman festival of Lupercalia. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
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