Vestalia

The Vestalia was a festival held in honour of Vesta on the 9th of June, and was celebrated exclusively by women, who walked barefooted in procession to the temple of the goddess.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

The great festival in honour of Vesta, called the Vestalia, was celebrated on the 9th of June.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

June 15th was Vestalia, the Roman Festival of New Fire celebration when the altars to Vesta were renewed.

Donna Henes: Summer Fevers 2010

June 15th was Vestalia, the Roman Festival of New Fire celebration when the altars to Vesta were renewed.

Donna Henes: Summer Fevers 2010

Fig.: "The miffing feast" (Vestalia), mural from Pompeji

7. Profiles 1986

June from the 7th to the 15th, with a climax on the 9th, the day of the Vestalia, the matrons who all the year round have tended their own hearths, come in solemn procession bare-footed to make their homely offerings at the state-hearth, and the virgins meanwhile offer the cakes that they have made.

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

No doubt the private citizen would often attend in large numbers at the celebrations, especially at the more popular festivals, but from some, such as the Vestalia, he was actually excluded.

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

Vestalia on the 9th of June, and from the night festival of the Bona

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

It must not take place on the days of state-festivals (_feriae_), nor on certain other _dies religiosi_, such as those of the Vestalia or the feast of the dead

The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

[288] I have discussed the Vestalia and the nature of

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884