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Roman Festivals January 14 - Orgiastic festival of Juno Februa ends - Guild festival 1 - KALENDS - Day sacred to Juno Lupa 16 - Festival of Bacchus begins - New Year's Day. Day sacred 15 - Lupercalia 17 - Festival of Bacchus ends to Jupiter, Juno, and Janus 17 - Quirinalia - Liberalia - Festival for Aesculapius ~ Fornacalia 19 - Quinquatrus - Agonalia 18 - Rites of Tacita - Quinquatria begins - Sacrifice day for Fortuna - Festival for Vedovus 19 - Birthday of Minerva 22 - Procession of the Tree-Bearers 5 - NONES 21 - Parentalia ends 23 - Quinquatria ends - Festival for Vica Pota - Feralia - Tubilustrium 22 - Festival of Caristia - Invocation day of Mars and Saturn 6 - Festival day for Proserpina - Day of Mourning 23 - Festival of Terminalia 8 - Sacred day for Justicia 24 - Dies Sanguinis 24 - Regifugium 9 - Agonalia 25 - Hilaria 27 - Festival of Equirria 11 - Festival of Carmentalia begins 28 - Festival of the Sacrifice at the Tombs - Juturnalia end - Februalia 30 - Festival of Janus and Concordia 12 - Festival of Compitalia 31 - Festival for Luna 13 - IDES March 15 - Festival of Carmentalia ends 1 - New Year's Day according to the pre- April - Feast of the Ass Julian calendar - The sacred fire in Vesta's temple was 1 - KALENDS 16 - Concordia honored today rekindled on this day - Veneralia 17 - A day sacred to Felicitas - KALENDS - Festival of Fortuna Virilis - Festival of Janus - Women's festival of Matronalia 3 - Proserpina's rise from the Underworld 25 ~ Feriae Sementivae - Birthday of Mars Pater - Day (sunset-sunset) sacred to Bona Dea 30 - Festival of Peace 5 - Navigum Isis 4 - Festival of Megalesia begins 6 - Day honoring the gods of one's household 5 - NONES February 7 - NONES - Festival for Fortuna Publica 1 - KALENDS - Festival of Junonalia 10 - Birthday of Cybele - Festival of Helernus - Festival for Vedovus - Festival of Megalesia ends 2 - Festival of Juno Februa 11 - Day sacred to Hercules 11 - "Diana's Bread" baked today 5 - NONES 14 - Festival of Veturius Mamurius 12 - Festival of Cerealia begins 9 - Feast of Apollo 15 - IDES 13 - IDES 12 - A day holy to Diana - Festival of Attis and Cybele - Festival of Libertas and Jupiter Libertas - Day sacred to Anna Parenna and River 13 - IDES - Festival of Jupiter Victor Nymphs - Faunalia 15 - Fordicalia - Julius Caesar was assassinated on this day - Parentalia begins ("Caesar, beware the IDES of March!") 19 - Festival of Cerealia ends - Orgiastic festival of Juno Februa begins 21 - Paralia June 5 - Poplifugia - Natalis Urbis 1 - KALENDS 6 - Ludi Apollinares begin 22 - Festival of Jupiter and Juno - Festival of Carna 7 - NONES 23 - Vinalia Priora - Day sacred to Tempestas - Nonae Caprotinae 25 - Festival of Robigalia - Festival for Juno Moneta - Festival of Feriae Ancillarum - Parilia 28 - Festival of Floralia begins 4 - Festival for Hercules Custos 8 - Vitulatio 30 - Festival of Floralia ends 5 - NONES 13 - Ludi Apollinares end end - Feriae Latinae 7 - Day of Vesta Asperit 8 - Festival for Mens 15 - IDES - Day consecrated for Vesta May 17 - Festival for Victoria 9 - Vestalia - Festival for Virtus 1 - KALENDS - Day sacred to Maia 10 - Day consecrated for Vesta 18 - Vitulatio - Feast for Lares Praestites 11 - Day sacred to Fortuna Virgo 19 - Festival of Honos 3 - Women's Festival of Bona Dia - Rites of Matralia 21 - Lucaria - Florae 13 - IDES 23 - Neptunalia 7 - NONES - Lesser Quinquartrus 25 - Festival of Furrinalia - Festival of Jupiter Fulgor 9 - Festival of Lemuria (day 1) 30 - Festival for Fortuna Huiusque Diei 15 - Women's festival of Vestalia 11 - Festival of Lemuria (day 2) 16 - Festival of Ludi Piscatari 13 - Festival of Lemuria (day 3) August 18 - Festival for Anna 14 - Festival for Mars Invictus 1 - KALENDS 19 - Festival for Minerva 15 - IDES - Festival for Victoria - Day sacred to Maia and Vesta 20 - Festival for Summanus - Feast of Spes - Sacrifice day to the Tiber River 24 - Fors Fortuna 5 - Sacrifice Day for Salus - Festival for Mercury 25 - Ludi Taurii begin 7 - NONES 17 - Festival for Dea Dia 26 - Ludi Taurii end 8 - Festival for Venus (sunset-sunset) 18 - Day sacred to Apollo 27 - Festival of Initium Aestatis 9 - Festival for Sol 21 - Festival for Vedovus - Festival of Jupiter Stator 12 - Lychnapsia 23 - Rosalia - Day Sacred to the Lares - Festival for Venus Victrix - Tubilustrium 30 - Day of Aestas - Festival for Hercules Invictus begins - Festival for Vulcan 13 - Lesser Festival of Flora 27 - Secular Centennial Games July - Nemoralia 29 - Festival of Ambarvalia 1 - KALENDS - Festival for Hercules Invictus ends - Feast of Mars ? - Adonia 14 - Festival for Fortuna Equestris 2 - Feast of Expectant Mothers 15 - IDES - Festival of Vesta 4 - Day of Pax 17 - Portunalia 5 - Festival of Mania December - Festival of Diana 7 - NONES 1 - KALENDS 19 - Vinalia Rustica - Day sacred to Victoria - Festival for Neptune 21 - Consualia - Festival for Juno Cutitis - Festival for Pietas - Heraclia - Festival for Jupiter Fulgor 3 - Festival for Bona Dea 23 - Festival of Vertumnalia 9 - Festival for Fausta Felicitas 4 - Festival for Minerva - Festival for Venus - Vulcanalia 5 - NONES 24 - Festival of Mania 10 - Festival for Juno Moneta - Faunalia - Festival for Luna 11 - Vinalia 8 - Festival for Tiberinus - Meditrinalia 25 - Opiconsivia 10 - Festival of Lux Mundi 12 - Day sacred to Fortuna Redux 27 - Day sacred to Consus 11 - Septimontia - Volturnalia 13 - Festival of Fontinalia - Festival for Diva Palatua 28 - Festival for Luna 14 - Festival for the Penates 12 - Consualia - Festival for Sol 15 - IDES 13 - IDES 30 - Festival of Charisteria - Winter's Day - Festival for Tellus - Harvest Festival of Mars 15 - Consualia - Ludi Capitolini September 16 - Festival of Sapientia 19 - Armilustrium 1 - KALENDS 17 - Festival of Saturnalia begins - Festival of Juno Regina - Festival of Jupiter Liber November 18 - Eponalia 4 - Ludi Romani begin 1 -KALENDS 19 - Opalia - Festival for Juventas 5 - NONES - Pomonia - Festival for Jupiter Stator 4 - Ludi Plebeii begin 21 - Divalia ~ Bruma (the winter solstice) 13 - IDES 5 - NONES 22 - Day Sacred to the Lares - Epulum Iovis 8 - Festival of the Mania - Festival of Lectisternia 23 - Larentalia 13 - IDES 19 - Ludi Romani end - Festival of Feronia, Juno, Minerva, 24 - Festival of Saturnalia ends 26 - Festival for Venus Genetrix and Jupiter 25 - Dies Natalis Invicti Solis (Birthday of the 30 - Meditrinalia - Festival for Fortuna Primigenia Invincible Sun God) - Epulum Iovis October 17 - Ludi Plebeii end 1 -KALENDS 25 - Day sacred to Proserpina - Day sacred to Fides 29 - Festival of Saturnia - Festival of Juno Sororia 3 - Festival of Bacchus 4 - Ieiunium Cereris .
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