Vestalia
Sign in to saveVestalia was a Roman religious festival in honor of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth and the burning continuation of the sacred fire of Rome. It was held from 7–15 June, and was reserved as a women's-only event.
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- Holiday.holiday_name
- Vestalia
- Holiday.type
- Religious
- Holiday.longtype
- Classical Roman religion
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- Carl Friedrich Deckler Vestalin mit Efeugirlande.jpg
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- Vestal virgin hanging an ivy wreath.
- Holiday.observedby
- Romans
- Holiday.date
- June 7 – 15
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Vestalia was a Roman religious festival in honor of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth and the burning continuation of the sacred fire of Rome. It was held from 7–15 June, and was reserved as a women's-only event.
Domestic and family life in general were represented by the festival of the goddess of the house and of the spirits of the storechamber — Vesta and the Penates — on Vestalia. On the first day of festivities the penus Vestae (sanctum sanctorum of the temple of Vesta which was usually curtained off) was opened, for the only time during the year, at which women offered sacrifices. As long as the curtain remained open, mothers could come, barefoot and disheveled, to leave offerings to the goddess in exchange for a blessing to them and their family.
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