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  2. Sol Invictus - Wikipedia

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    In AD 362, the emperor Julian wrote in his Hymn to King Helios that the Agon Solis was held in late December, between the end of the Saturnalia and the New Year. [54] Julian says it is dedicated to Helios and the "Invincible Sun". [55] Most scholars therefore date the festival to December 25 and associate it with the Natalis Solis Invicti. [56]

  3. Dies natalis - Wikipedia

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    The birthday of an individual, or the anniversary of a founding of a temple; see Glossary of ancient Roman religion#dies natalis. Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the "birthday" of the Roman solar deity Sol Invictus on December 25; the annual commemoration of a Christian martyr's death; see Calendar of saints; Dies Natalis, a cantata by Gerald Finzi

  4. Sol (Roman mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The Historia Augusta equates the deity Elagabalus with Jupiter and Sol: fuit autem Heliogabali vel Iovis vel Solis sacerdos, "He was also a priest of Heliogabalus, or Jove, or Sol". [29] While this has been seen as an attempt to import the Syrian sun god to Rome, [ 30 ] the Roman cult of Sol had existed in Rome at least since the early Republic .

  5. Dies Natalis Solis Invicti - Wikipedia

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  6. NIV Study Bible - Wikipedia

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    The NIV Study Bible is a study Bible originally published by Zondervan in 1985 that uses the New International Version (NIV). Revisions include one in 1995, a full revision in 2002, an update in October 2008 for the 30th anniversary of the NIV, another update in 2011 (with the text updated to the 2011 edition of the NIV), and a fully revised update in 2020 named "Fully Revised Edition". [1]

  7. Christmas - Wikipedia

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    December 25 was the traditional date of the winter solstice in the Roman Empire, [28] where most Christians lived, and the Roman festival Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of Sol Invictus) had been held on this date since 274 AD. [29] In the East, the birth of Jesus was celebrated in connection with the Epiphany on January 6.

  8. Roman festivals - Wikipedia

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    6: dies ater ("black day") to mark the anniversary of the battle of Arausio (105 BC) 7 (Nones): rites for Jupiter Fulgur (Jupiter of daytime lightning) and Juno Curitis; 9: rites at shrines for the Genius Publicus, Fausta Felicitas, and Venus Victrix on the Capitolium; 10: ceremonies to mark a rededication of the Temple of Juno Moneta; 11 ...

  9. Sunday - Wikipedia

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    A depiction of Máni, the personified Moon, and his sister Sól, the personified Sun, from Norse mythology (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.. The name "Sunday", the day of the Sun, is derived from Hellenistic astrology, where the seven planets – known in English as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon – each had an hour of the day assigned to them, and the planet which was ...