Her official cults were supervised by the pontifex maximus from a state-owned house near the temple of Vesta.

The city was the center of the official cult of Antinous.

Her official public cult was equally important, and was personally supervised by the Pontifex Maximus.

Unlike the situation in 161, both emperors were elected as pontifices maximi, chief priests of the official cults.

Thereafter, Ceres was offered two separate and distinctive forms of official cult at the Aventine.

Her official cult began when her remains were transferred from the former abbey to a new church, in 833, under the auspices of Louis the Pious.

Since her retirement a dozen years ago she had devoted herself to managing Gabriel's official cult.

To this end outward religious discipline was requisite, an official cult and public ceremonies.

The flamens were priests in charge of fifteen official cults of Roman religion, each assigned to a particular god.

Orcus was chiefly worshipped in rural areas; he had no official cult in the cities.