Lupercus

a god who was called Lupercus, and worshipped as the protector of sheep against their enemies, and as the god of fertility.

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

Verily, Spooky has the patience of ... well ... not a saint, and thanks to Lupercus for that.

Dear sweet fuck, it's pink. livia_llewellyn 2009

Version 2: The Pagans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia every February to honor the Roman God Lupercus and thank him for saving their flocks from wolves.

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Valentine's Day Jan 2009

A heathen deity of Italy, Lupercus, the guardian of their flocks and pastures, has also been identified with Pan, and in whose honour annual rural festivals, known as Lupercalia, were observed.

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

February, when in that warm clime spring was beginning to open the buds, the shepherds celebrated a feast in honor of Lupercus.

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

The same writer also says that the Pope tried to abolish it in the fifth century, but he succeeded only in sending it down to us in the name of St. Valentine instead of Lupercus.

Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas Various

Some of them think it was begun by the ancient Romans, who had on the fourteenth or fifteenth of February a festival in honor of Lupercus, "the destroyer of wolves" -- a wolf-destroyer being quite worthy of honor in those wild days, let me tell you.

Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas Various

Faunus is frequently called Inuus or the fertilizer, and Lupercus or the one who wards off wolves.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

The Romans adopted him among their deities, by the names of Lupercus and

Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway

-- The Roman festival Februs was held on the 15th day of this month, in honor of Lupercus, the god of fertility.

The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Joseph Triemens