Vestal Virgin
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vestal-virgin-188-331541
title:
Vestal Virgin
text:
In ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins or Vestals were priestesses of Vesta, virgin goddess of Rome's sacred hearth and its flame. The Vestals were unlike any other public priesthood. They were chosen before puberty from several suitable candidates, freed from any legal ties and obligations to their birth family, and enrolled in Vesta's priestly college of six priestesses. They were supervised by a senior vestal but chosen and governed by Rome's leading male priest, the Pontifex maximus; in the Imp
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encyclopedia
description:
Priestesses of the Roman goddess of the hearth Vesta
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestal_Virgin
date created:
2003-01-05T15:35:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T17:28:52Z
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