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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12 January- It held to honor the spirits of the crossroads (compitalia- countryside crossroads)and to mark the end of the winter planting season.
2 February- Candles are lit in honor of Juno Februa, the Purifier and Mother of Mars, and to scare away evil.
17 February- It is held in honor of the goddess Fornax in order that the corn might be properly baked.
22 February- At this festival, family members gather at home and feast together and then make offerings to the household deities.
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.
1 March- During this festival Roman women would visit Juno's temple on the Esquiline. 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.
28 March- Ancestors are acknowledged in this festival.
30 March- Festival of patrons of beginnings, doors and passages and of peace and harmony respectively.
