{"id":6589,"date":"2025-10-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=6589"},"modified":"2025-10-09T14:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:45:34","slug":"goddess-felicitass-festival-october-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/goddess-felicitass-festival-october-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"Goddess Felicitas&#8217;s Festival October 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-of-plaque-found-Pompeii-outside-of-a-bakery-fellicitas-dwells-here.jpg\" alt=\"Copy of plaque found Pompeii outside of a bakery, fellicitas dwells her\" class=\"wp-image-6590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-of-plaque-found-Pompeii-outside-of-a-bakery-fellicitas-dwells-here.jpg 255w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Copy-of-plaque-found-Pompeii-outside-of-a-bakery-fellicitas-dwells-here-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Copy of plaque found Pompeii outside of a bakery, Translation is &#8216;Felicitas dwells here&#8217; Wikipedia. Wolfgang Sauber. <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Felicitas is the Roman Goddess of happiness, blessedness, prosperity. And a far more reliable creature than Fortuna. Fortuna rode the wheel of fortune. So you could either be at the top of the wheel or at the bottom of an unfortunate cycle.  By contrast,  Felicitas was always on the happy upbeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She had her own temple in Rome from the 2nd Century BC, and had two official festivals a year. The July 1st one shared with Juno and the October 9th (<em>Fausta Felicitas<\/em>) one on her own. She was often depicted on coins.  Identified by her cornucopia and her staff called a caduseus.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Romeinse_munten_denarius_Macrinus_217-218.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Romeinse_munten_denarius_Macrinus_217-218.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Romeinse_munten_denarius_Macrinus_217-218-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Romeinse_munten_denarius_Macrinus_217-218-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Denarius of Macrinus showing Felicitas with her caduseus in her left hand and cornucopia in her right. By NumisAntica &#8211; http:\/\/www.numisantica.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=36585800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why the association with the erect penis?  <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Coates wrote in the New York Times,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201c<strong>There seems to be phalluses everywhere. Enormous ones, tiny ones, doubles, singles; attached to men, gods or satyrs in every medium or in dismembered splendor; over doors, carved into the pavement, on chains and serving trays, turned into lamps, winged like birds, with bells on. Even some of the phalluses have phalluses. &#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in<a href=\"https:\/\/europe.factsanddetails.com\/article\/entry-1167.html\"> Priapus and Phalluses in Ancient Rome<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents hung them around the necks of their children as amulets of good luck.   I&#8217;m guessing they are a symbol of a healthy body and a beating heart.  As well as being the bringer of the greatest joy, we mere mortals ever experience in our lives. (having children I mean!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are two I&#8217;ve come across on my travels.  Both from the Roman Fort on Hadrian&#8217;s Wall at Chesters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CHESTERS_1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Phallus from the courtyard of the Principia (HQ) of the Roman Fort at Chesters\" class=\"wp-image-8119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CHESTERS_1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CHESTERS_1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CHESTERS_1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CHESTERS_1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CHESTERS_1-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CHESTERS_1-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Phallus from the courtyard of the Principia (HQ) of the Roman Fort at Chesters Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"8120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chesters_aug19_09-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Carving of phallus from John Clayton Museum, Chesters Photo k Flude\n\n\" class=\"wp-image-8120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chesters_aug19_09-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chesters_aug19_09-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chesters_aug19_09-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chesters_aug19_09-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chesters_aug19_09-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carving of phallus from John Clayton Museum, Chesters Photo k Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See March 7th for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/st-perpetua-march-7th\/\">my post on Saint Felicitas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Published on October 9th 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felicitas is the Roman Goddess of happiness, blessedness, prosperity. And a far more reliable creature than Fortuna. Fortuna rode the wheel of fortune. So you could either be at the top of the wheel or at the bottom of an unfortunate cycle. By contrast, Felicitas was always on the happy upbeat. She had her own &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/goddess-felicitass-festival-october-9th\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Goddess Felicitas&#8217;s Festival October 9th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[112,146,11,116,377,321,118,115,1992,23,412,375,14,322],"tags":[2298,1320,2301,2300,1993,2296,2297],"class_list":["post-6589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-almanac-of-the-past","category-ancient-history","category-archaeology","category-calendar","category-classical","category-europe","category-events","category-folklore","category-hadrians-wall","category-heritage","category-italy","category-mythology","category-roman","category-uk","tag-chesters","tag-felicitas","tag-fortuna","tag-fortune","tag-hadrians-wall","tag-phallus","tag-priapus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Goddess Felicitas&#039;s Festival October 9th - And Did Those Feet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Goddess Felicitas&#039;s Festival is on October 9th but she shared another one with Juno on July 1st. 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