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Coelestis
Coelestis from the Latin coelestis meaning celestial can refer to:
- Coelestis, a junior synonym of the genus Zygaena
- Coelestis, an alternative spelling of the Roman goddess Caelestis
- Coelestis, a 1993 science fiction novel by Paul Park
- Coelestis Pastor, a 1689 Papal encyclical condemning Quietism
- Atlas Coelestis, a 1729 star atlas by John Flamsteed
Usage examples of "coelestis".
I took pleasure in the shameful games which were celebrated in honor of gods and goddesses, of the virgin Coelestis, 90 and Berecynthia, 91 the mother of all the gods And on the holy day consecrated to her purification, there were sung before her couch productions so obscene and filthy for the ear-I do not say of the mother of the gods, but of the mother of any senator or honest man-nay, so impure, that not even the mother of the foul-mouthed players themselves could have formed one of the audience.
In La Serenissima, they worship her as Asherat-of-the-Sea and the Dea Coelestis, the Tiberian Queen of Heaven, but she is an ancient goddess and has taken many forms.