Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Non-Christian religions Particular topics

Meditrinalia

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MEDITRINALIA. - A festival of the Roman religion, fixed by the oldest calendar on October 11.

Although the tradition of the grammarians claims to know also a goddess Meditrina, calendrical data guarantee that the god of the festival was Jupiter. This is confirmed by the fact that the festival was connected with the cultivation of wine (the first tasting of the must), because the Vinalia too were festivals of Jupiter. A formula has been preserved that was repeated at the festival: novum vetus venum bibo, novo veteri morbo medeor.

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BIBL.: W. Warde Fowler, Roman Festivals, London 1899, p. 239 ff.; Mielentz, s. v. in Pauly-Wissowa, XV, col. 106 ff.; F. Böhmer, in Rheinisches Museum, 90 (1941), p. 51 ff.

Angelo Brelich

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 621.

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Brelich, Angelo. “Meditrinalia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 621. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/meditrinalia.

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Brelich, Angelo. “Meditrinalia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 621. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/meditrinalia.

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  author    = {Brelich, Angelo},
  title     = {Meditrinalia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {621},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/meditrinalia}
}

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