Gontia (deity)
Gontia (/ˈɡɒntiə/) was a Celtic goddess. She was the tutelary deity of the river Günz,[1] near Günzburg in Germany. She is known from an inscription on a Roman-era altar at Günzburg (Latin: Guntia[2]) that reads Gontiae / sac(rum) / G(aius!) Iulius / Faventianus / |(centurio) leg(ionis) I Ital(icae),[3] or ‘Gaius Julius Faventianus, centurion of the Legio I Italica, (made) this offering to Gontia’.
She also appears to be connected with the Belgian city Ghent.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Lauren Adams Gilmour, Pagans and Christians, Archaeopress, 2007, p. 24.
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- ↑ Année Epigraphique 1930, 74.
- ↑ Adrian Room, Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for 6,600 Countries, Cities, Territories, Natural Features, and Historic Sites, McFarland, 2006, p. 144.
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