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The Parentalia is a Roman festival spanning from the dates of {{Roman Date|02-13}} to {{Roman Date|02-21}}. The festival was dedicated to ancestor veneration. | The Parentalia is a Roman festival spanning from the dates of {{Roman Date|02-13}} to {{Roman Date|02-21}}. The festival was dedicated to ancestor veneration. | ||
During the Parentalia it was the duty of the [[Paterfamilias|paterfamilias]] to offer to the [[Di Parentes]] at the tombs of their ancestors. The offerings were usually quite simple for time.{{Cite book |last=Ovidius Nāsō |first=Pūblius |title=Fāstī II |pages=537 |language=Latin}} | During the Parentalia it was the duty of the [[Paterfamilias|paterfamilias]] to offer to the [[Di Parentes]] at the tombs of their ancestors. The offerings were usually quite simple for time.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ovidius Nāsō |first=Pūblius |title=Fāstī II |pages=537 |language=Latin}}</ref> | ||
The Parentalia was the first of three Roman festivals in February for appeasing the dead which started on the Ides and lasted until the 22nd. | The Parentalia was the first of three Roman festivals in February for appeasing the dead which started on the Ides and lasted until the 22nd. | ||
==Processions== | ==Processions== | ||
The Parentalia was a relatively domestic affair and took place across several days. All people in Rome were aware of the event as people took time off and temple doors were closed as the festival was chthonic. Marriage, worship, all business and politics were placed on hold. It also may be that sexual activity was banned.{{Cite book |last=Ovidius Nāsō |first=Pūblius |title=Fāstī II |language=Latin}} | The Parentalia was a relatively domestic affair and took place across several days. All people in Rome were aware of the event as people took time off and temple doors were closed as the festival was chthonic. Marriage, worship, all business and politics were placed on hold. It also may be that sexual activity was banned.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ovidius Nāsō |first=Pūblius |title=Fāstī II |language=Latin}}</ref> | ||
===Sacrifices=== | ===Sacrifices=== | ||
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=== Public Processions === | === Public Processions === | ||
Parentalia was initiated with the one of the [[Vestal Virgins]]. A Vestal began the ceremonies on {{Roman Date|02-13}} by conducting a rite for the collective Di Parentes of Rome at the tomb of Tarpeia. The start of the festival occurred at 06:00 in the morning.{{Cite book |first=William Warde |last=Fowler |title=The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic |year=1908 |pages=306}} | Parentalia was initiated with the one of the [[Vestal Virgins]]. A Vestal began the ceremonies on {{Roman Date|02-13}} by conducting a rite for the collective Di Parentes of Rome at the tomb of Tarpeia. The start of the festival occurred at 06:00 in the morning.<ref>{{Cite book |first=William Warde |last=Fowler |title=The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic |year=1908 |pages=306}}</ref> | ||
==Comparison to Lemuralia== | ==Comparison to Lemuralia== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Cultus Deorum Romanorum]] | [[Category:Cultus Deorum Romanorum]] | ||
[[Category:Festivals in the Cultus Deorum Romanorum]] | [[Category:Festivals in the Cultus Deorum Romanorum]] | ||