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Feronia (goddess)

In Roman mythology, Feronia was a fertility goddess who was revered in order to secure a good harvest. Many versions of her cult have been supposed, and it seems quite probable that it was an Etruscan-derived cult. She was also the goddess of travel, fire and waters. Her son was Herulus.

Feronia had a temple at the base of Mt. Soracte in Capena (Fiano Romano ), another important one in Terracina (Southern Latium) and one on the Campus Martius in the center of Rome.

Slaves believed she was a goddess of freedom, and they believed that sitting on a holy stone in one of her sanctuaries would set them free.

Her festival was on November 15.

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