Feronia
Feronia may mean: * Feronia (mythology), a goddess of fertility in Roman and Etruscan mythology * ''Feronia'' (plant), a genus of plants * Feronia Inc., a plantations company operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Feronia (Sardinia), a mysterious ancient site in Sardinia, Italy * Feronia (Etruria), a city in ancient Etruria, Italy * 72 Feronia 72 Feronia ( minor planet designation: 72 Feronia) is a quite large and dark main belt asteroid. It was the first asteroid discovery by C. H. F. Peters, on May 29, 1861, from Hamilton College, New York State. It was initially thought that Peter ...

Feronia (mythology)
In ancient Roman religion, Feronia was a goddess associated with wildlife, fertility, health, and abundance. As the goddess who granted freedom to slaves or civil rights to the most humble part of society, she was especially honored among plebeians and freedmen. Her festival, the ''Feroniae'', was November 13 (the ''ides'' of November) during the ''Ludi Plebeii'' ("Plebeian Games"), in conjunction with Fortuna Primigenia; both were goddesses of Praeneste. :Note that the similar-sounding ''Feralia'' on February 21 is a festival of Jupiter Feretrius, not Feronia. Etymology Feronia's name is derived from a Sabine adjective corresponding to Latin ''fĕrus'', but with a long vowel, i.e. ''Fērōnǐa''. The root ''fer'' has cognate words in every Indo-European language (e.g. Greek θήρ, θήριον) and is also the root of the Vedic god Rudra’s name. Latin ''fĕrus'' means "not cultivated, untamed" (''Thesaurus Linguae Latinae''), "of the field, wood", "untamed", "n ...
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Feronia (Etruria)
Feronia or Lucus Feroniae (, Strabo; , Ptolemy) was an ancient town near the present town of Fiano Romano. It is located in the plain along the Tiber river, at the foot of Mount Soracte, and was within the ancient territory of Capena. It began as a sanctuary called Lucus Feroniae in the time of Tullus Hostilius (r.672–640 BC) when it was located in Etruria. It was partially excavated when the A1 Rome-Milan motorway which crosses it was built, and the archaeological site is adjacent to that of the ancient Roman Villa dei Volusii. History Excavations from 1952 show that the town developed around the archaic sanctuary of Lucus Feroniae as a meeting centre and famous market. It was located at a obvious communications centre between the Latin, Sabine, Etruscan and Falisci, Faliscan territories, near the Tiber and via Amerina and at the start of the routes to the Picena and Teramo-Aquilana regions, the future via Salaria and via Caecilia. Archaeology at the beginning of the ...
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Feronia Inc
Feronia may mean: * Feronia (mythology), a goddess of fertility in Roman and Etruscan mythology * ''Feronia'' (plant), a genus of plants * Feronia Inc., a plantations company operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Feronia (Sardinia), a mysterious ancient site in Sardinia, Italy * Feronia (Etruria), a city in ancient Etruria, Italy * 72 Feronia 72 Feronia (minor planet designation: 72 Feronia) is a quite large and dark main belt asteroid. It was the first asteroid discovery by C. H. F. Peters, on May 29, 1861, from Hamilton College, New York State. It was initially thought that Peters ...

Feronia (plant)
''Limonia acidissima'' is the only species within the monotypic genus ''Limonia''. Common names for the species in English include wood-apple and elephant-apple. It is sometimes also called monkey fruit. Description ''Limonia acidissima'' is a large tree growing to tall, with rough, spiny bark. The leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets, each leaflet 25–35 mm long and 10–20 mm broad, with a citrus-scent when crushed. The flowers are white and have five petals. The fruit is a berry 5–9 cm diameter, and may be sweet or sour. It has a very hard rind which can be difficult to crack open, it appears greenish-brown in colour from outside and contains sticky brown pulp and small white seeds. The fruit looks similar in appearance to the Bael fruit ''(Aegle marmelos)''. It contains considerable amount of protein, carbohydrate, iron, fat, calcium, Vit-B & C etc. 100 g of ripe fruit pulp contains up to 49 KCal. Taxonomy A number of other species formerly included ...
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Feronia (Sardinia)
Feronia ( grc-gre, Φερωνία) is the name of a mysterious ancient site (now disappeared) near the town of Posada (Sardinia, Italy), which was in Ptolemy's maps and following until the Middle Ages. It is supposed that, due to the peculiar character and history of the territory, the place was named after the Roman (or Etruscan) goddess. Due to a few archaeological findings, recent studies tend to identify the site (and an eventual sacred area) in the Posada suburb of Santa Caterina, but a relevant group of opponents prefer to consider it was near the ''Portus Luguidonis'' (a Roman harbour), at San Giovanni di Posada San Giovanni di Posada (Latin: Portus Luguidonis or Portus Liquidonis) is a ''frazione'' and small village in Sardinia, Italy, on the Tyrrhenian coast of the island, in the territory of the ''comune'' of Posada. Formerly known as Marina di Posada .... This second theory is also based on the fact that a port would have had a reason for being included in a nautical ...
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