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Prior to Valentine 's life and death , the randy Romans honored the middle of February with a sexy celebration called Lupercalia , a high-spirited , libidinous love-fest involving the sacrificing of stray dogs and goats , the swapping of sexual partners and the gentle whipping of young maidens using romantic strips of bloody goat hide . In fact , the repast over , a chillness radiated from the two lady passengers that no pine boughs brought in by Yuba Bill and cast as a sacrifice upon the hearth could wholly overcome . The commander brought all the people of the town together to have them all sacrifice so they could become world citizens of Antioch . He also explains the reasons behind the Essenes " boycott of the Sabbath and festival sacrifices " ( 176 ) and how the " entire liturgical and ethical practice took the place of the sacrifices on the Temple altar " ( 175 ) . The reason why God ordered the Israelites to slaughter every animal as a sacrifice before the tent of meeting ( Lev .