Salve Luci Garrule
Lucius Tyrrhenus Garrulus wrote:Question 2) If not, was there actual worship of Lucifer in the Religio Romana, or private worship of Lucifer documented?
I sincerely hope that you are not confusing that term with its later use by Christians. There are no devils, demons or daimones for that matter in the Religio Romana, and certainly no Prince of Darkness or absolute Evil as in dualistic religions. The very idea of an evil god is alien to the Religio Romana. Lucifer means "bringer of light" and in early Christian texts the name was used to describe Jesus as the bringer of spiritual light. The term was then subverted by the heretical Christians that overthrew the Pauline tradition.
Among the antiquiti the term Lucifer was used primarily for the planets Venus or Mercury, although it could be used for any star at its heliacal rising. The religious calendar of the Religio Romana is lunar just as the calendars of Islam and Judaism. The agricultural calendar was however set by the rising and setting of certain stars, and on these occasions certain religious rites were performed. Such is note in Virgil's Georgic I, in Varro's De Rustica, by Pliny in the Natural History and by Ovid. Perhaps the best example is that found in Ovid's Fasti for Robigalia and the rising of Sirius. The sun and moon and planets are symbols of the Gods and thus when an individual first sees them at night the practice was to offer a simple adoratio to their respective deity. Thus seeing the planet Venus for the first time at night, inspired with its reminder of the goddess, one should perform an adoratio - i. e. a kissing of the hand and raising it to the direction of the image - and perhaps offer a small libation as well to Venus
Vale et Di te ament.