Saint Valentine of the Bees

It’s Valentine’s Day. Oh, excuse me, the nymphs of the woods and springs want me to amend that: it’s another Spring Fertility Festival! Yay! What, you say? Spring Fertility? Yes. The bees, myself, and the historical record all agree that that long before the Christianization of this day, the festivities of love and fertility were celebrated on the streets of Rome as the 3 day festival of Lupercalia.

Folklore & HistoryAri DalyFebruary 14, 2020saint Gobnait, Saint Brigit, Saint Valentine, Valentine's Day, Roses, Love, LupercaliaComment