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thumb|upright=1.5|Felicitas Augusta holding a caduceus and a cornucopia, two symbols of health and wealth, on the reverse of an aureus issued under the emperor Valerian In ancient Roman culture, felicitas (from the Latin adjective felix, "fruitful, blessed, happy, lucky") is a condition of divinely inspired productivity, blessedness, or happiness. Felicitas could encompass both a woman's fertility, and a general's luck or good fortune. The divine personification of Felicitas was cultivated as a goddess. Although felicitas may be translated as "good luck," and the goddess Felicitas shares some characteristics and attributes with Fortuna, the two were distinguished in Roman religion. Fortuna was unpredictable and her effects could be negative, as the existence of an altar to Mala Fortuna ("Bad Luck") acknowledges. Felicitas, however, always had a positive significance. She appears with several epithets that focus on aspects of her divine power.
Felicitas had a temple in Rome as early as the mid-2nd century BC, and during the Republican era was honored at two official festivals of Roman state religion, on July 1 in conjunction with Juno and October 9 as Fausta Felicitas. Felicitas continued to play an important role in Imperial cult, and was frequently portrayed on coins as a symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire. Her primary attributes are the caduceus and cornucopia. The English word "felicity" derives from felicitas.
Felicitas is a 2009 Argentine romantic drama film directed by María Teresa Costantini.
Felicitas is a Roman goddess.
Felicitas may also refer to:
- Felicitas (martyr), early 3rd-century co-martyr of Saint Perpetua
- Felicitas of Padua, ninth-century saint
- Felicitas of Rome (Felicity of Rome), saint and martyr, said to be martyred with her seven sons
- Dame Felicitas Corrigan
- Felicitas Goodman, Mexican anthropologist
- Felicitas (film), an Argentine film
- 109 Felicitas, a main belt asteroid
Usage examples of "felicitas".
I learned Felicitas was gone, that was the day I set off to see the king myself.
So I mostly thought about Felicitas, to keep from feeling so bad about leaving home and everyone.
I wish that Felicitas and I could have been together like that when we got old.
The day I learned Felicitas was gone, that was the day I set off to see the king myself.
Perpetua, twenty-two years old, recently married, and nursing her infant son, was arrested along with her friends Saturus and Saturninus and her personal slave Felicitas and the slave Revocatus.
Christian women took the infant daughter to raise as her own, leaving Felicitas free to join her companions.
When the day arrived, Perpetua and Felicitas, together with their Christian brothers Revocatus, Saturninus, and Saturus, were led out of the prison to the gates of the amphitheater.
Then, after undergoing further ordeals and seeing Saturus endure agonizing torture, Perpetua and Felicitas, along with the others, were called to the center of the arena to be slaughtered.
Justin knew, of course, that the story he told, like the story of Perpetua and Felicitas, would raise very different questions in the minds of pagan readers.
When Perpetua, Felicitas, and their companions refused to venerate the image of the emperor Geta, they did so in the name of Jesus.
ALLEGORY Once upon a time the Prince of Felicitas had occasion to set forth on a journey.
Now it came to pass that the Prince of Felicitas, returning from his journey, rode once more on his amber-coloured steed down the Vita Publica.
Andrew on November 30, at the beginning of Advent, and working through the Christian Year to the following November 29, when the Saints Saturninus, Perpetua, and Felicitas exerted their benign influence.
He stayed for weeks, talking with Mother Felicitas, making arrangements for the sisters and priest who are to follow us, helping Mother Felicitas decide who was to stay and who was to go.