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Albiorix (Gaulish deity)

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Gaulish deity, often associated with Mars

Albiorix (Gaulish god) is a deity often associated with the god Mars.

Name

The origin of the name Albiorix is based on connection with the deity Mars, and as such the cult of this deity was known in the Haute-Provence and in the Alps.

Scholars disagree with this being an individual deity or one that has been connected with Mars through syncretism and interpretatio.

The name of one of the moons of Saturn was named after this deity.

Attestations

The inscription from the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL) includes references to the deity:

ALBIORICE

While also connected to the deity Mars found on fragments of vases:

MARTI

ALBIORIGI

References

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  2. Olmsted, Garrett S. (1994). The gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans. Universität Innsbruck. Institut für Sprachwissenschaft. Innsbruck: Verlag des Instituts für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck. ISBN 3-85124-173-8. OCLC 32949330.
  3. Leveau, Philippe (1988). "Six dédicaces à des divinités indigènes du Lubéron et du plateau D'Albion". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 71: 179–187. ISSN 0084-5388. JSTOR 20186763.
  4. Webster, Jane (1995). "'Interpretatio': Roman Word Power and the Celtic Gods". Britannia. 26: 153–161. doi:10.2307/526874. JSTOR 526874. S2CID 161751665.
  5. Christol, Michel; Janon, Michel (2004). ""Albarinus", dieu indigène dans la cité de Carpentras (Gaule Narbonnaise)". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 146: 272–278. ISSN 0084-5388. JSTOR 20191779.
  6. "Gaule Narbonnaise". L'Année épigraphique. 1990: 194–201. 1993. ISSN 0066-2348. JSTOR 25607643.
  7. van den Bruwaene, M. (1952). "Approximations sur Tullus Hostilius". Latomus. 11 (2): 153–163. ISSN 0023-8856. JSTOR 41519767.
  8. "In Depth | Albiorix". NASA Solar System Exploration. 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  9. CIL, XII, 1060.
  10. CIL, XII, 1300.
  11. Merlin, Alf. (1946). "Périodiques". L'Année épigraphique. 1945: 5–38. ISSN 0066-2348. JSTOR 25606677.
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