Liberalia

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Liberalia was an ancient Roman religious festival held in honor of the god Liber, associated with fertility, wine, and the coming-of-age of young men.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Liberalia canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman religious festival ⓘ
associatedWith fertility ⓘ
male coming-of-age ⓘ
puberty rites ⓘ
wine ⓘ
calendarContext Roman religious calendar ⓘ
celebratedOn 17 March ⓘ
comingOfAgeGroup Roman boys ⓘ
comingOfAgeMarker transition from boyhood to manhood ⓘ
connectedWith plebeian class ⓘ
rural cults ⓘ
country Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
culture Roman religion ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo Liber ⓘ
hasAspect agricultural festival ⓘ
civic festival ⓘ
family rite ⓘ
hasType fertility festival ⓘ
initiation festival ⓘ
wine festival ⓘ
honours Liber ⓘ
Libera ⓘ
languageContext Latin ⓘ
linkedRiteOfPassage assumption of the toga virilis ⓘ
registration as Roman citizen ⓘ
location Italian countryside ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
mainDeity Liber ⓘ
Libera ⓘ
patronDeityRole Liber as god of freedom ⓘ
Liber as god of male fertility ⓘ
Liber as god of wine ⓘ
relatedTo Bacchic worship ⓘ
Dionysian cult ⓘ
religiousFunction promote fertility of fields ⓘ
promote fertility of humans ⓘ
sanctify transition to adulthood ⓘ
religiousStatus public festival ⓘ
religiousTradition state cult of Rome ⓘ
ritualActivity drinking of wine ⓘ
offerings of cakes ⓘ
processions ⓘ
public celebrations ⓘ
sacrifices ⓘ
season spring ⓘ
symbol phallus ⓘ
wreaths ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Liber → festival → Liberalia ⓘ