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Fi`des

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The Roman goddess of fidelity, or steadfast adherence to promises and engagements. Numa built a shrine for her worship and instituted a festival in her honour; in later times a temple containing a statue of her dressed in white ad joined the temple of Jupiter, on the Capitol at Rome.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Fi`des'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/fides.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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