Editing Mercuralia

{{Short description|Roman Festival of Mercury}}
'''Mercuralia''' is a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] celebration known also as the "Festival of Mercury".<ref>Ovid, ''Fasti'' 5.670.</ref> [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] (Greek counterpart: Hermes) was the god of merchants and commerce, among other things.<ref>{{Citation |last=Scheid |first=John |title=Mercurius |date=2015-12-22 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.4129 |work=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics |access-date=2023-10-26 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> On [[May 15]] merchants would sprinkle their heads, their ships and merchandise, and their businesses with water taken from the well at [[Porta Capena]].<ref>Ovid, ''Fasti'' 5.673-680.</ref>

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