Lady Sharon | February 14, 2008
Holiday of Love – Part 3 – Final The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavoured to do away with the pagan element in the Lupercalia feasts. Instead of having a lottery of available maidens for the young men, they chose to substitute the names of saints for those of maidens. During this [...]
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Lady Sharon | February 14, 2008
Sainthood – Part 2 As the years passed the Christian Church became more powerful. In the year 496 AD, Pope Gelasius I ( 492-496 ) attempted to abolish Lupercalia, as he did not want the people to believe in Roman gods. The people resisted, so Pope Gelasius I decided to make the holiday into a [...]
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