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1 January- Day sacred to Jupiter, Juno, and Janus Sacrifice day for Fortuna. Festival day for Proserpina
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1 January- Day sacred to Jupiter, Juno, and Janus Sacrifice day for Fortuna. Festival day for Proserpina
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Festivals and events in Rome
Showing 1–14 of 14 festivals
Plan around 14 festival seasons, public events, Ramadan/Eid periods, book fairs, art cycles, and winter food activity.
Festival day for Proserpina
6 January- Christmas Day according to the Julian calendar.
Festival of Compitalia
12 January- It held to honor the spirits of the crossroads (compitalia- countryside crossroads)and to mark the end of the winter planting season.
Feriae Senentiva (Feast of Spring)
30 January- Festival of Peace
Festival of Juno Februa
2 February- Candles are lit in honor of Juno Februa, the Purifier and Mother of Mars, and to scare away evil.
Festival of Parentalia
13 February- Orgiastic festival of Juno Februa begins.
Festival of Fornacalia
17 February- It is held in honor of the goddess Fornax in order that the corn might be properly baked.
Festival of Caristia
22 February- At this festival, family members gather at home and feast together and then make offerings to the household deities.
Festival of Terminalia
23 February- On this day, landowners would honor the boundaries of their land at the boundary markers. Garlands are placed over the boundary stones, and altars are built near them.
Women's festival of Matronalia
Their husbands would stay at home to pray, and would give their wives money and other presents when the women returned home from the temple.
Festival of the Sacrifice at the Tombs
28 March- Ancestors are acknowledged in this festival.
Festival of Janus and Concordia
30 March- Festival of patrons of beginnings, doors and passages and of peace and harmony respectively.
Feast of Luna
31 March- Roman festival of the goddess of the full moon.
Feast of the Holy Cross
14 Sept- To honor the holy cross of Jesus.
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