This day is sacred to Ops Consivia, or the earth-goddess, is associated with the god Consus, but is considered to be the wife of Saturn. The shrine to Ops Consivia was located in the Regia and on this day the Vestal Virgins would have opened the room of sacred objects and performed rites unknown. The purpose of the rites was to ensure the fertility of the earth.
      The Council of Nicea, in Greece, met this day in 325 (MLXXVIII A.V.C.) and decided which books would form the Gospels and the New Testament, and which gospels and books would be excluded or destroyed. Among the losers were the Gospel of Thomas and the mystic revelation of John. The Gospel of Thomas, although containing the complete spoken words of Jesus, made no mention of any miracles, as if they had never happened. The Christians needed miracles to prove their claim that Jesus was actually the son of God, and so the Gospel of Thomas was discredited and destroyed. Two partial copies survived and were found buried in the Israeli desert in the 1940s. In spite of many objections, the council of Nicea voted to add the Torah and several selected books of the Old Testament to the newly named Bible, so as to give it the appearance of authenticity.