Lupercalia

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Lupercalia
Official nameLupercalia
Also calledDies Februatus
Februa
Observed byPagans
Practioners of the Cultus Deorum Romanorum
Ancient Rome
SignificanceSacred to Februus
Sacred to Faunus
Purification festival
Fertility Festival
CelebrationsFeasts
ObservancesSacrifices of goats and historically a dog by the Luperci
Offerings of cakes by the Vestals
Fertility rite in which the goatskin-clad Luperci strike women who wish to conceive
Datea.d. XV Kal. Martias
FrequencyAnnual