or CARNEA, a Roman divinity, caro, flesh, for she was regarded as the protector of the physical
well-being of man. It was especially the chief organs of the human body, without which man
cannot exist, such as the heart, the lungs, and the liver, tliat were recommended to her
protection. Junius Brutus, at the beginning of the commonwealth, was believe to have dedicated
to her a sanctuary on the Caelian hill, and a festival was celebrated to her on the first of
June, which day was called fabrariue calendae, from beans (fabae) and bacon being offered to her. (Nonium, s. v. Mactare ; Ovid, Cardea with Carna.)