Larentalia

Larentalia

Larentalia

Roman festival

The Roman festival of Larentalia was held on 23 December but was ordered to be observed twice a year by Augustus; by some supposed to be in honour of the Lares,[1][2] a kind of domestic genii, or divinities, worshipped in houses, and esteemed the guardians and protectors of families, supposed to reside in chimney-corners.[3] Others have attributed this feast in honour of Acca Larentia, the nurse of Romulus and Remus, and wife of Faustulus.[4][5][6] During this festival, offerings were made to the dead,[7][8] usually at altars dedicated to Acca Larentia.[9] A sacrifice was typically offered in the Velabrum,[10] the spot where Acca Larentia is buried.[11][12] Larentalia was part of a series of ancient Roman festivals and holidays celebrating the end of the old year and the start of the new.[13][14]

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    Holleman, A. W. J. (1976). "End and Beginning in the Ancient Roman Year (A Sabine element ?)". Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire. 54 (1): 63. doi:10.3406/rbph.1976.3076.
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