Meditrinalia
Sign in to saveThe Meditrinalia was a festival in the traditional Roman religion, celebrated on October 11 in honor of the new vintage, which was offered as libations to the gods for the first time each year. Though now obscure, the festival may have been so called from medendo, Latin for "healing", because the Romans then began to drink new wine, which they mixed with old and considered to have healing properties.
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It is catalogued under topics including Ancient Roman festivals, Infobox holiday fixed day and Infobox holiday with missing field.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Meditrinalia
- Holiday.longtype
- Classical Roman religion
- Holiday.image
- Relief_of_Meditrina,_Roman_Goddess_of_Wine_and_Health,_Roman_Grand_(Andesina),_France_(7693149718).jpg
- Holiday.alt
- Relief of Meditrina
- Holiday.caption
- Relief of Meditrina, Roman Goddess of Wine and Health, 1st half of 2nd century AD, from Andesina, France.
- Holiday.observedby
- Roman RepublicRoman Empire
- Holiday.date
- October 11
- Holiday.observances
- libations
- Holiday.relatedto
- new vintage
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The Meditrinalia was a festival in the traditional Roman religion, celebrated on October 11 in honor of the new vintage, which was offered as libations to the gods for the first time each year. Though now obscure, the festival may have been so called from medendo, Latin for "healing", because the Romans then began to drink new wine, which they mixed with old and considered to have healing properties.
Little information about the Meditrinalia survived from early Roman religion, although the tradition itself did. It was known to be somehow connected to Jupiter and to have been an important ceremony in early agricultural Rome, but beyond that, only speculation exists.
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