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

Paganalia

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Also known as: Latin: paganicae feriae

PAGANALIA. - Festival of the pagi (rural districts) of ancient Rome, mentioned by Varro (paganicae feriae) and by later authors.

It cannot appear in the calendars, because it belongs to the category of feriae conceptivae, festivals fixed from time to time. In any case it seems to have taken place mostly in January, immediately after another conceptive festival, the feriae sementivae, with which it also shared an agrarian character. Nothing is known of the deities to whom the festival was dedicated.

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BIBL.: W. Warde Fowler, Roman festivals, London 1899, p. 294 ff.; G. Wissowa, Religion und Kultus der Römer, 2nd ed., Munich 1912, p. 439 ff.

Angelo Brelich

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 553.

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Brelich, Angelo. “Paganalia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 553. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/paganalia.

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Brelich, Angelo. “Paganalia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 553. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/paganalia.

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  author    = {Brelich, Angelo},
  title     = {Paganalia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {553},
  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/paganalia}
}

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