Vestalia

E481665

Roman festival ancient Roman religious festival

Vestalia was an ancient Roman religious festival dedicated to the goddess Vesta, marked by special rites at her temple and observances focused on the sacred hearth and domestic life.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman festival ⓘ ancient Roman religious festival ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	chastity ⓘ hearth ⓘ home ⓘ state security ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Vesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithGroup	Vestal Virgins NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithLocation	Roman Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPriesthood	Vestal Virgins NERFINISHED ⓘ pontifex maximus NERFINISHED ⓘ
celebratedIn	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Vesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedBySource	Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedInWork	Ovid’s Fasti NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn	domestic life ⓘ sacred hearth ⓘ
hasCalendarRole	part of the Roman religious calendar ⓘ
hasCulture	ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEndDate	June 15 ⓘ
hasLanguage	Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligion	ancient Roman religion ⓘ
hasRite	barefoot visits by Roman matrons to the shrine ⓘ bringing offerings of food to the temple ⓘ offering of simple cakes (mola salsa) to Vesta ⓘ opening of the penus Vestae (inner sanctuary) to married women ⓘ processions of matrons to the Temple of Vesta ⓘ removal and disposal of ritual sweepings in a sacred place ⓘ ritual sweeping and cleansing of Vesta’s temple ⓘ
hasRitualSite	Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSacredObject	mola salsa ⓘ penus Vestae NERFINISHED ⓘ sacred fire of Vesta ⓘ
hasStartDate	June 7 ⓘ
hasTaboo	certain forms of business activity ⓘ profane activities near the temple ⓘ
observedInMonth	June ⓘ
relatedTo	Roman domestic cult ⓘ Vesta NERFINISHED ⓘ Vestal Virgins NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousFunction	affirmation of domestic piety ⓘ protection of the Roman state through Vesta’s fire ⓘ renewal of the sacred hearth of Rome ⓘ
restrictedTo	matronae (married Roman women) ⓘ
timePeriod	Imperial Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfOffering	flowers ⓘ grain cakes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Vesta → festival → Vestalia ⓘ

Vestal Virgins → associatedFestival → Vestalia ⓘ

Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome) → associatedWithFestival → Vestalia ⓘ

subject surface form: Ovid’s Fasti