Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Non-Christian religions Particular topics

Fontinalia

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Also known as: Latin: Fons, Fontus

FONTINALIA. - Feast of October 13 of the ancient Roman calendar, on which the fountains were crowned and flowers were thrown into the springs. The divinity of the feast is Fons, who has a temple outside the pomerium, built in 231 B.C. An Ara Fontis was near the Janiculum. In myth, Fons or Fontus is the son of Janus and Juturna.

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BIBL.: Boehm, s. v. in Pauly-Wissowa, VI, II, col. 2838; G. Wissowa, Religion u. Kultus der Römer, 2nd ed., Munich 1912, p. 221.

Angelo Brelich

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By Angelo Brelich

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1508.

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Brelich, Angelo. “Fontinalia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1508. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/fontinalia.

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Brelich, Angelo. “Fontinalia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1508. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/fontinalia.

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@incollection{ec5_fontinalia,
  author    = {Brelich, Angelo},
  title     = {Fontinalia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1508},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/fontinalia}
}

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