Bona Dea

In Roman religion, the deity of fruitfulness, both in the earth and in women. The dedication day of her temple on the Aventine was May 1. Her temple was cared for and attended only by women, though inscriptions show that there was a public side to her worship in which men could participate.

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Places

• The former name of Annaba, a city in northeastern Algeria
• Bona, Sweden, a town in Östergötland County, Sweden

Persons

• Richard Bona (b. 1967), Cameroonian jazz musician and bassist
• Bona of Pisa (c. 1156–1207), Italian saint
• Giovanni Bona (1609–1674), Cistercian cardinal and author
• Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona (1542–1587), Italian chess player
• Bona Sforza (1494–1557), Polish queen
• Stanislaus Bona (1888–1967), American Roman Catholic bishop