# Bona Dea

> Roman deity of chastity, fertility, and healing; brought from Magna Græcia during the early/middle Republic; her rites let women use strong wine and do blood-sacrifice (things otherwise forbidden to women); men were barred from her mysteries

**Wikidata**: [Q724896](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724896)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bona_Dea)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/bona-dea


## References

1. [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bona_Dea#CITEREFBrouwer1989)
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013