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A religious festival called the Fontinalia was held on October 13 in his honor. Throughout the city, fountains and wellheads were adorned with garlands. [1] Fontus was the son of Juturna and Janus. [2]
Following is a month-by-month list of Roman festivals and games that had a fixed place on the calendar. For some, the date on which they were first established is recorded. A deity's festival often marked the anniversary (dies natalis, "birthday") of the founding of a temple, or a rededication after a major renovation. Festivals not named for ...
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[4] It was held in early February on various dates in different curiae, [5] [6] [7] which in the period of the Roman monarchy and the Roman Republic were the thirty wards of the city of Rome. It was proclaimed every year by the curio maximus , [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] who was a priest who was the head of the curiae .
The Gaulish Coligny calendar is the oldest known Celtic solar-lunar ritual calendar. It was discovered in Coligny, France, and is now on display in the Palais des Arts Gallo-Roman museum, Lyon. It dates from the end of the second century AD, [2] when the Roman Empire imposed the use of the Julian Calendar in Roman Gaul.
A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts.
The Porta Fontinalis was a gate in the Servian Wall in ancient Rome.It was located on the northern slope of the Capitoline Hill, probably the northeast shoulder over the Clivus Argentarius. [1]
The Lutheran liturgical calendar is a listing which details the primary annual festivals and events that are celebrated liturgically by various Lutheran churches. The calendars of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) are from the 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship and the calendar of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and ...