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Line 39: == Attested traditions == ===Pre-Roman=== Valentine was a common Roman name given to the name of their children in honor of the famous man who was first called Valentine in antiquity, [[Lupercus]] the hunter. The Greeks called Lupercus by the name of [[Pan (mythology)\|Pan]]. The [[Semite]]s called Pan by the name ''[[Baal\|Baul]]'', which was another name for [[Nimrod]], "the mighty hunter" ([[Book of Genesis]] 10:9). A common proverb of ancient time was that Nimrod was "the mighty hunter before the Lord" and their hero and their strong man. The original Valentine was Nimrod, the mighty hunter of wolves. Yet another of Nimrod's names was Sanctuc or Santa, meaning Saint. The Romans acquired the symbol of the heart from the [[Babylonian]]s. In the Babylonian tongue the word for heart was ''bal''. The heart - bal - was merely a symbol of Nimrod - the Baal or Lord of the Babylonians Nimrod was also known as [[Saturn (mythology)\|Saturn]], the Roman-Babylonian god who hid from his pursuers in a secret place. The Latin word Saturn is derived from the Semitic-speaking Babylonians, means "be hid," "hide self", "secret", or "conceal". The original Semitic ([[Hebrew]]) word is "Sathar," also "sether"). According to ancient tradition, Saturn (Nimrod) fled from his pursuers to Italy. The [[Appenines\|Appenine Mountains]] of Italy were anciently named the mountains of Nembrod or Nimrod. Nimrod briefly hid out at the site where Rome was later built. The ancient name of Rome, before it was rebuilt in 753 B.C. was Saturnia - the site of Saturn's (Nimrod's) hiding, where he was found and slain for his crimes. Christians in [[Constantine]]'s day made Nimrod a saint of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and continued to honor him as a Christian martyr. The Romans chose February 15 and the evening of February 14 to honor Lupercus -- in ancient times began at sunset the evening before.) because Nimrod -- Baal or [[sun god]] of the pagans - was said to have been born at the winter solstice. In ancient time the solstice occurred on January 6 and his birthday therefore was celebrated on December 25 and now called [[Christmas]]. It was the custom of antiquity for, the mother of a male child to present herself for purification on the fortieth day after January 6. Nimrod's original birth date takes us to February 15, the celebration of which began on the evening of February 14, the Lupercalia or St. Valentine's Day. On this day in February, [[Semiramis]], the mother of Nimrod, was said to have been purified and to have appeared for the first time in public with her son as the original "mother and child." The Roman month [[February]] derives its name from the ''februa'' which the Roman priests used in the rites celebrated on St. Valentine's Day. The ''febru'' were thongs from the skins of sacrificial animals used in rites of purification on the evening of February 14. Another name for the child Nimrod was "[[Cupid]]" - meaning "desire". It is said that when Nimrod's mother saw him, she lusted after him. Nimrod became Semiramis's Cupid. So evil was Nimrod's mother that it is said she married her own son. Inscribed on the monuments of ancient Egypt are inscriptions that Nimrod (the [[Egyptian religion\|Egyptians]] called him [[Osiris]]) was "the husband of his mother." As Nimrod grew up, he became the child-hero of many women who desired him. In the [[Book of Daniel]]], he is called the "desire of women" (Daniel 11:37). Moffatt translates the word as [[Tammuz (deity)\|Tammuz]], a Babylonian name of Nimrod. He provoked so many women to jealousy that an idol of him was often called the "image of jealousy" ([[Ezekiel]] 8:5). Nimrod, the hunter, was also their Valentine. The pagans commemorated their hero-hunter Nimrod, or Baal, by sending heart-shaped love tokens to one another on the evening of February 14 as a symbol of him. Nimrod, the son of [[Cush\|Cush the Ethiopian]], was later a source of embarrassment to the pagans of Europe, not wanting an African to worship. So later they substituted a supposed son of Nimrod, a child named [[Horus]], born after the death of Nimrod. This child then became a "Cupid" of [[European culture]] and tradition. === Lupercalia === {{main\|Lupercalia}}