the Pagan goddess of woods and orchards. This deity took her name from the town Feronia, situated at the foot of Mount Soracte in Italy, where was a wood and temple consecrated to her. That town and wood are mentioned by Virgil, in the catalogue of Turnus's forces. Strabo relates, that those who sacrificed to this goddess, walked barefoot upon burning coals, without being hurt. She was the guardian deity of freed men, who received their cap of liberty at her temple.