Dea Dia
Dea Dia is a Roman divinity who is known to us by the worship that the brotherhood of the Frères Arvales returned to him. Dea Dia means in Latin luminous goddess .
Dea Dia was one of the protective goddesses of the fields. The various writings of the Arvales brothers inform us about the detailed characteristics of its worship. This local worship, very old, nevertheless is ignored. None the Latin or Greek writers refers to this goddess. It is known only by the inscriptions found in the vine of Ceccarelli, in Rome.
This one was always limited to the brotherhood which served it. It was never recognized, in spite of protection that Auguste granted to him. The religious ceremonies of the Arvales Brothers, about whom the inscriptions inform us abundantly, were celebrated in the crowned wood of Dea Dia, wood of bay-trees and oaks.
The purpose of its festival, celebrated three in May days, was to attract its blessing on the fields.
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