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Quirinus most likely was originally a Sabine war god. The Sabines had a settlement near the eventual site of Rome, and erected an altar to Quirinus on the Collis Quirinalis, Quirinal Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome. When the Romans settled in the area, the cult of Quirinus became part of their early belief system.
Mary and Joseph register for the census before Governor Quirinius. Byzantine mosaic at the Chora Church, Constantinople 1315–1320.. Publius Sulpicius Quirinius (c. 51 BC – AD 21), also translated as Cyrenius, [1] was a Roman aristocrat.
[4] Pronunciation: Mo-seh [5] Meaning: Is Born [5]: Nazareth (This is the village that Jesus grew up in. Although Bethlehem is the biblical birthplace of Jesus, some scholars believe that Jesus was born in Nazareth.)
The obverse probably depicts Quirinus; on the reverse is Ceres, alluding to Gaius Memmius Quirinus, who established the Ludi Ceriales. [4] This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation. Gaius Memmius C. f. Quirinus, plebeian aedile prior to 210 BC, was the first to exhibit the Cerealia at Rome. [9 ...
The flamen Quirinalis presided over at least three festivals, the Consualia Aestiva on August 21, [2] [3] Robigalia on April 25, [4] and Larentalia on December 23. [5] Beside these festivals that of Quirinus himself, the Quirinalia, would almost surely require the participation of the flamen Quirinalis. [6]
A flamen (plural flamines) [1] was a priest of the ancient Roman religion who was assigned to one of fifteen deities with official cults during the Roman Republic.The most important of these were the three flamines maiores (or "major priests"), who served the important Roman gods Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus.
Quirinus of Neuss (German: Quirin, Quirinus), sometimes called Quirinus of Rome (which is the name shared by another martyr) is venerated as a martyr and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic church.. His cultus was centred at Neuss in Germany, even though he was a Roman martyr.
Quirinus had attempted to flee but was imprisoned. He managed to convert his jailer, named Marcellus, to Christianity . After three days, the governor of Pannonia Prima , Amantius, ordered him taken to Sabaria (present-day Szombathely , Hungary), where after attempting to make Quirinus abjure his faith, he had the bishop thrown into the local ...