Feronia

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Feronia is an ancient Italic goddess associated with wilderness, fertility, and the liberation of slaves, venerated especially by the Sabines and other central Italian peoples.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Feronia canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic deity
Roman goddess
goddess
associatedWith abundance
agriculture
fertility
freedom
frontier zones
liberation of slaves
wild nature
wilderness
cultCenterRegion Etruria
Sabine territory
central Italy
culture Etruscan
Latin
Sabine
describedBy Livy
Servius
Varro
describedIn Roman literary sources
gender female
hadSanctuaryAt Capena
Falerii Veteres
surface form: Falerii

Lucus Feroniae
Terracina
religion ancient Italic religion
ancient Roman religion
role goddess of boundaries and frontiers
goddess of fertility
goddess of wild places
patron of manumitted slaves
protector of freedmen
sacredPlaceType grove
market sanctuary
spring
symbolicMeaning emancipation
prosperity from the land
untamed nature
timePeriod Roman Republic
early Roman Empire
pre-Roman Italy
worshippedBy Etruscans
Latins
Sabines
other central Italian peoples
worshipPractice annual fairs at her groves
offerings from newly freed slaves
votive dedications

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sabines associatedDeity Feronia
Rutaceae includesGenus Feronia