Fides

[L., faith.]
(Roman Muth.) Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith.

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Roman goddess of good faith and honesty, who oversaw the integrity of the Romans. She was closely associated with Jupiter, and her temple was built near his on the Capitoline Hill in 254 BC. In the later Roman period she was called Fides Publica ("Public Faith") and was considered the guardian of treaties and other state documents, which were placed in her temple for safekeeping.

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Fides may refer to:

Fides (mythology), the goddess of trust in Roman mythology
Fides (reliability), guide allowing estimated reliability calculation in electronics
Fides Romanin, Italian cross-country skier of the 1950s
37 Fides, asteroid in the main belt of Earth's Solar System
Uberrima fides, a legal doctrine governing insurance contracts
Agenzia Fides, a news agency of the Vatican

As an acronym or abbreviation, FIDES may refer to:

Fonds d'Investissements pour le Developpement Economique et Social, a former government agency of colonial-era France
Fondo Intergubernamental para la Descentralización, a government agency of Venezuela
Fishery Data Exchange System, a European Commission database for EU member fishery data

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