Valentine's Day century. Popular modern sources claim links to unspecified Greco-Roman February holidays alleged to be devoted to fertility and love to St. Valentine's Day, but prior to Chaucer in the 14th century, there were no links between the saints named Valentinus and romantic love. In Ancient Rome, Lupercalia, observed February 13–15, was an archaic rite connected to fertility. Lupercalia was a festival local to the city of Rome. The more general Festival of Juno Februa, meaning "Juno the purifier" or "the chaste Juno", was celebrated on February 13–14. Pope Gelasius I (492–496) abolished Lupercalia. Some researchers have theorized that Gelasius I
St Anne's Roman Catholic Church, South Strathfield work. The rest of the square is now occupied by the new church, primary school and car park. The Church was cement rendered in 1952. St Anne's Roman Catholic Church was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. St Anne's Roman Catholic Church, South Strathfield St Anne's Roman Catholic Church is an heritage-listed Roman Catholic school and church building located at St Annes Square, South Strathfield in the Municipality of Strathfield loca government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1859 to 1864. It is also known as St. Anne's Roman