The Pagan Book of Days for Monday, February 13
Ides of February/Parentalia/St. Matthias/Old Leap Year’s Day
The parentalia was the chief Roman festival of the dead which lasted until the Feralia on February 21. St. Matthias took the place of Juas as the twelfth apostle. This is his traditional East Anglian feast day.
Source
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
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