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His festival was the Volturnalia on August 27.

The Volturnus river in Campania is named in his honour.

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Volturnalia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (118 words)
	Volturnalia was the Roman festival on August 27 dedicated to Volturnus, 'god of the waters,' god of fountains.
	Volturnus was a tribal river god who later was identified as god of the Tiber river.
	Volturnus was the father of the goddess Juturna, who was first identified with a spring in Latium near the Numicus River and later with a pool near the temple of Vesta in the Forum of Rome.

Volturnus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (73 words)
	In Roman mythology, Volturnus was a god of the waters, probably derived from a local Samnite cult.
	The Volturnus river in Campania is named in his honour.
	This article relating to a European myth or legend is a stub.

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