According toAugustine of Hippo'sThe City of God (5th century AD),Fulgora was aRoman goddess mentioned inVarro'sAntiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum (1st century BC).[1] As quoted by Augustine, Varro cites Fulgora as an example of a widow goddess, alongside Populonia andRumina.[2] According to Robert Dyson, she was "presumably the goddess of, or who protects against, lightning (fulgor)".[3] Writing in 1910,Georg Wissowa considered it evident that Fulgora was a female equivalent ofFulgur, anepithet of Jupiter, though he notes that the prospect of the name's use as an epithet ofJuno goes against the description of Fulgora as a widow.[4] Fulgora is unattested beyond this passage from Augustine.[5]
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