In ancient Roman religion, the Flamen Quirinalis was the flamen or high priest of the god Quirinus. He was one of the three flamines maiores, third in order of importance after the Flamen Dialis and the Flamen Martialis. Like the other two high priests, he was subject to numerous ritual taboos, such as not being allowed to touch metal, ride a horse, or spend the night outside Rome. His wife functioned as an assistant priestess with the title Flaminicia Quirinalis.[1]
The theology of Quirinus is complex and difficult to interpret. From early times, he was identified with the deified Romulus, who originally seems to have shared some common theological and mythological elements with Quirinus.
^Scheid, John, An introduction to Roman religion, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2002
In ancient Roman religion, the FlamenQuirinalis was the flamen or high priest of the god Quirinus. He was one of the three flamines maiores, third in...
of Mars were ritually shaken by the Flamen Martialis when the legions were preparing for war. The FlamenQuirinalis oversaw the cult of Quirinus, who presided...
and before other flamines maiores (Flamen Martialis, FlamenQuirinalis) and pontifex maximus. The office of Flamen Dialis, and the offices of the other...
In ancient Roman religion, the Flamen Martialis was the high priest of the official state cult of Mars, the god of war. He was one of the flamines maiores...
maiores) were the flamen Dialis, the high priest of Jupiter; the flamen Martialis, who cultivated Mars; and the flamenQuirinalis, devoted to Quirinus...
February 17. The priest of Quirinus, the FlamenQuirinalis, was one of the three patrician flamines maiores ("major flamens") who had precedence over the Pontifex...
highest prestige, followed by the flamines maiores (Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, FlamenQuirinalis) and the pontifex maximus. The rex sacrorum was based...
behind the rex sacrorum and the flamines maiores (Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, FlamenQuirinalis). A distinctly religious office under the early Roman...
Marius. Sextus Julius Caesar, consul in BC 91. Sextus Julius Caesar, FlamenQuirinalis. Sextus Julius Caesar, governor of Syria, killed in a revolt, BC 46...
compelled by the pontifex maximus to remain at Rome, because he was FlamenQuirinalis; his abdication was rejected by the senate, which designated him praetor...
positioned next to the gods, followed by the Flamen Dialis, then the Flamen Martialis, then the FlamenQuirinalis and lastly, the Pontifex Maximus. The ordo...
pontiffs held a sacrifice there. He was thus a chthonic god.(p 42) The FlamenQuirinalis and the Vestals officiated at his rites. The etymology of the name...
history, when legendary king Numa fathered the third great flamen, the flamenQuirinalis, archpriest of Quirinus, a god of the Roman state who was later...
Sodales Augustales Priests Pontifex Maximus Rex Sacrorum Flamen Dialis Flamen Martialis FlamenQuirinalis Rex Nemorensis Curio maximus Priestesses Virgo Vestalis...
hierarchy of dignity of Roman priests: Rex Sacrorum, Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, FlamenQuirinalis and Pontifex Maximus in order of decreasing dignity...
consisted of a master (magister), a vice-master (promagister), a priest (flamen), and a praetor, with eight ordinary members, attended by various servants...
Popillia attended the inauguration of Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Niger as Flamen Martialis in 69. Licinia, Crassus' relative, was also present. Junia Torquata...
and a deified likeness of the city of Rome. He had a Flamen Maior called the FlamenQuirinalis, who oversaw his worship and rituals in the ordainment...
place in March, during the Spring equinox. If a Salius was elected consul, flamen, pontifex, or augur, they would resign from their position in the Salii...
by order of Augustus in 30 BC. Sextus Julius Sex. f. C. n. Caesar, FlamenQuirinalis in 57 BC. Sextus Julius Sex. f. Sex. n. Caesar, appointed governor...
idea, the priest who presided was the flamenQuirinalis, and the ludi were held for both Mars and Robigo. The flamen recited a prayer that Ovid quotes at...
Lepida, the wife of Drusus Julius Caesar. Marcus Aemilius Regillus, FlamenQuirinalis and unsuccessful candidate for the consulship in 214 BC. Lucius Aemilius...
Sodales Augustales Priests Pontifex Maximus Rex Sacrorum Flamen Dialis Flamen Martialis FlamenQuirinalis Rex Nemorensis Curio maximus Priestesses Virgo Vestalis...
Sodales Augustales Priests Pontifex Maximus Rex Sacrorum Flamen Dialis Flamen Martialis FlamenQuirinalis Rex Nemorensis Curio maximus Priestesses Virgo Vestalis...
to a sanctuary at the 5th milestone of the Via Claudia, where the flamenquirinalis sacrificed a dog and a sheep to avert blight (robigo) from the crops...
Global Information