According to Bishop Ighele, the day is related to Cupid, the Roman god of passion and desire which he claimed is responsible for exacerbating sexual activities during the event. Bishop Ighele desc ...

Cupid appears on Jewish sarcophagi in Rome ... according to Erwin Goodenough in “Jewish Symbols of the Greco-Roman Period.” Clearly, if Palestinian Jews of the first century found it fitting ...

Cupid, the Roman god of love, is a common symbol of the holiday. Love doves are also a common symbol because it was thought that the mating season for birds began around mid-February. Among the ...