 Feronia (Etruria)

Feronia or Lucus Feroniae (, Strabo; , Ptolemy) was an ancient town of southern Etruria, at the foot of Mount Soracte, within the territory of Capena, with a temple or shrine of the goddess from whom it derived its name, and a sacred grove, attached to it.Strabo, indeed, is the only author who mentions a town of the name, which he calls Feronia; other writers speak of Lucus Feroniae and Feroniae fanum, but it is natural that in process of time a town should have grown up around a site of so much sanctity, and which was annually visited by a great concourse of persons.