Fides was the goddess of trust, faithfulness, and good faith in ancient Roman religion. Fides was one of the original virtues to be cultivated as a divinity with ceremonies and temples.

The European turtle dove is a threatened or vulnerable member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It breeds over a wide area of the south western Palearctic including north Africa but migrates to northern sub-Saharan Africa to winter.