Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Non-Christian religions Particular topics

Regifugium

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REGIFUGIUM. - A festival of the ancient Roman religion, on February 24, a singular date insofar as it is an even day and immediately follows the Terminalia which close the sacred year, preceding the series of intercalary days.

Roman tradition conceived of the festival as a commemoration of the expulsion of the kings, but evidently it was a matter of a ritual flight performed by the king. Noteworthy is the parallel of the date with March 24 and May 24, on which the calendar notation Q(uando) R(ex) C(omitiasit) F(as) likewise alludes to a function of the king.

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BIBL.: G. Wissowa, Religion und Kultus der Römer, 2nd ed., Munich 1912, p. 436; J. Frazer, The Fasti of Ovid, II, London 1929, p. 495 ff.; F. Altheim, A history of roman religion, ibid. 1938, p. 171.

Angelo Brelich

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 649.

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Brelich, Angelo. “Regifugium.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 649. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/regifugium.

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Brelich, Angelo. “Regifugium.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 649. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/regifugium.

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  title     = {Regifugium},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {649},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/regifugium}
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