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Monday, February 14, 2005Lupercalia, Bernstein, and BennyToday is Valentine’s Day, originally the Roman feast of Lupercalia, a celebration of fertility. The holiday was made Christian in 270 A.D., and the date changed from February 15 to 14 to commemorate Saint Valentine, a martyr. By the late Middle Ages, the modern tradition—of exchanging paper love... Sign in to see full entry. |
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A compendium of little-known, and possibly little-cared-about, days to celebrate each month, and other miscellaneous oddments. People
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