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Magna Mater

[mahg-nuh mah-ter] / ˈmɑg nə ˈmɑ tɛr /


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Lombard imagines Claudia Quinta’s rescue of the ship carrying Magna Mater to Rome.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

It eventually became the Catskills Phrygianum of the Maetreum of Cybele Magna Mater, their global headquarters and convent house.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2011

The temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, those of Quirinus and the Magna Mater, besides eighty-two other shrines of lesser fame, were repaired or restored by him.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

For one hundred years after the introduction of the worship of the Magna Mater Romans were prohibited from enrolling themselves in the ranks of her priesthood.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

The worship of the Magna Mater was known in Rome by 200 B.C. and that of Isis and Serapis in the time of Sulla.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir




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