Fordicidia

The Fordicidien (from Latin Forda (bos ) for " pregnant ( cow) " and caedere for " kill, kill " ) was a Roman festival in honor of the goddess Tellus on April 15.

Your name received the Fordicidien of the fordae boves, the 30 pregnant cows that were sacrificed on that day with the participation of the pontiffs. The cut out of the womb unborn calves were burned by the most senior Vestal (Virgo Vestalis maxima ). The ashes were later mixed by the Vestal Virgins at the Festival of Parilia with the ashes of the October horse and scattered as suffimen into the sacrificial fire.