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Did any cult remain from the original Vestile Virgins of Rome?
We know that a Roman Emperor had the flame of the Vesta extinguished around 394AD. (Strangely, the fire was supposed to always be lit, with the thought of an extinguished flame meaning an end of Rome...which happened like 20 years later)
But my question is Did any of the remnants of the Vestile Virgin remain?
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- BBagwindsLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
There's a bare suggestion on this wikipedia page that Bona Dea, whose rites were also apparently handled by the Vestals, had attributes that were transferred to the Virgin Mary. It's often impossible to sort this kind of thing out because the Romans were great syncretists and that obviously didn't stop when christianity was instituted.
