Fornicalia

Fornicalia
a) An ancient Roman festival in honor of the goddess Fornax. Romans burned spelt (a kind of grain) as an offering on or around February 17th as an offering so that their ovens would not burn during the coming year.

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  • FORNICALIA — feriae a Romanis farris torrendi gratiâ institutae, quibus ad fornacem in pistrinis sacrificium fieri solebat; di cta a Fornace Dea, in cuius honorem haec erant instituta, et celebrabantur 12. Calend. Mart. Miratur vir doctissimus in Lex.… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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