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The Lemuralia or Lemuria was an annual event in the religion of ancient Rome, during which the Romans performed rites to exorcise any malevolent and fearful ghosts of the restless dead from their homes.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 33 relations: Alban Butler, All Saints' Day, Ancient Rome, Anthesteria, Argei, Bean, Calendar of saints, Christian martyr, Christianization, Christianized sites, Dziady, Edessa, Erasmus, Exorcism, Fasti (poem), Feralia, Halloween, Horace, Julian calendar, Lemures, Manes, Mary, mother of Jesus, Origin myth, Ovid, Pantheon, Rome, Parentalia, Pope Boniface IV, Porphyry (philosopher), Radonitsa, Religion in ancient Rome, Ritual, Romulus and Remus, Setsubun.

  2. Observances honoring the dead

Alban Butler

Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.

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All Saints' Day

All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the Church, whether they are known or unknown. Lemuria (festival) and all Saints' Day are observances honoring the dead.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Anthesteria

The Anthesteria (Ἀνθεστήρια) was one of the four Athenian festivals in honor of Dionysus.

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Argei

The rituals of the Argei were archaic religious observances in ancient Rome that took place on March 16 and March 17, and again on May 14 or May 15. Lemuria (festival) and Argei are may observances.

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Bean

A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food.

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Christian martyr

In Christianity, a martyr is a person who was killed for their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus.

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Christianization

Christianization (or Christianisation) is a term for the specific type of change that occurs when someone or something has been or is being converted to Christianity.

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Christianized sites

The Christianization of sites that had been pagan occurred as a result of conversions in early Christian times, as well as an important part of the strategy of ("Christian reinterpretation") during the Christianization of pagan peoples.

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Dziady

Dziady ("grandfathers, eldfathers", sometimes translated as Forefathers' Eve) is a term in Slavic folklore for the spirits of the ancestors and a collection of pre-Christian rites, rituals and customs that were dedicated to them. Lemuria (festival) and Dziady are observances honoring the dead.

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Edessa

Edessa (Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey.

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Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.

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Exorcism

Exorcism is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed.

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Fasti (poem)

The Fasti (Fāstī, "the Calendar"), sometimes translated as The Book of Days or On the Roman Calendar, is a six-book Latin poem written by the Roman poet Ovid and published in AD 8.

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Feralia

Ferālia was an ancient Roman public festivalDumézil, Georges. Lemuria (festival) and Feralia are ancient Roman festivals and observances honoring the dead.

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Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. Lemuria (festival) and Halloween are observances honoring the dead.

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Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC),Suetonius,. commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."Quintilian 10.1.96.

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Julian calendar

The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).

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Lemures

The were shades or spirits of the restless or malignant dead in Roman religion, and are probably cognate with an extended sense of (from Latin, 'mask') as disturbing or frightening.

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Manes

In ancient Roman religion, the Manes or Di Manes are chthonic deities sometimes thought to represent souls of deceased loved ones.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Origin myth

An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world.

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Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.

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Pantheon, Rome

The Pantheon (Pantheum,Although the spelling Pantheon is standard in English, only Pantheum is found in classical Latin; see, for example, Pliny, Natural History: "Agrippas Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis". See also Oxford Latin Dictionary, s.v. "Pantheum"; Oxford English Dictionary, s.v.: "post-classical Latin pantheon a temple consecrated to all the gods (6th cent.; compare classical Latin pantheum)".

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Parentalia

In ancient Rome, the Parentalia or dies parentales ("ancestral days") was a nine-day festival held in honour of family ancestors, beginning on 13 February. Lemuria (festival) and Parentalia are ancient Roman festivals and observances honoring the dead.

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Pope Boniface IV

Pope Boniface IV, OSB (Bonifatius IV; 550 – 8 May 615) was the bishop of Rome from 608 to his death.

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Porphyry (philosopher)

Porphyry of Tyre (Πορφύριος, Porphýrios; –) was a Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman rule.

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Radonitsa

Radonitsa (Russian: Ра́доница, Belarusian: Ра́даўніца "Day of Rejoicing"), also spelled Radunitsa, Radonica, or Radunica, in the Russian Orthodox Church is a commemoration of the departed observed on the second Tuesday of Pascha (Easter) or, in some places (in south-west Russia), on the second Monday of Pascha. Lemuria (festival) and Radonitsa are may observances and observances honoring the dead.

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Religion in ancient Rome

Religion in ancient Rome consisted of varying imperial and provincial religious practices, which were followed both by the people of Rome as well as those who were brought under its rule.

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Ritual

A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or revered objects.

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Romulus and Remus

In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus are twin brothers whose story tells of the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus, following his fratricide of Remus.

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Setsubun

is the day before the beginning of spring in the old calendar in Japan.

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See also

Observances honoring the dead

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuria_(festival)

Also known as Feast of the Lemure, Feast of the Lemures, Lemuralia.