Baco (god) explained

Baco (also Bacon) is a Gaulish Celtic god, known from Gallo-Roman inscriptions found in the areas of Chalon-sur-Saône^[1] and Eauze.^[2] The inscription at Chalon-sur-Saône, dated to 69 to 96 CE, was dedicated by a decurion in the Roman cavalry.

Origin

The god's name (also Gallicized as Bacon) indicates that he was probably a boar-god,^{[3] [4]} of whom many are recorded in the Celtic world.^[5] An account of Baco is also preserved in the hagiography of a St,^[6] martyred in 177 or 179 CE.^[7] According to L. Armand-Calliat, the cult of this Baco was inherited by St Anthony the Great, venerated in the Haute-Bourgogne region on 17 January.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Mémoires de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Châlon-sur-Saône. 1850. Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Châlon-sur-Saône. 226–32.
2. L'Arbre Celtique. Baco.
3. 1954. Recherches archéologiques en Gaule en 1952 (suite) (Période historique). Gallia. 12. 2. 527–577. 0016-4119.
4. Sayers. Wililam. 2013. Speculations on Substratum Influence on Early English Vocabulary: pig, colt, frog. Medieval and Early Modern English Studies. 21. 2. 159–172. 10.17054/memes.2013.21.2.159. free.
5. Miranda Green. Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997.
6. Book: Dinet, Ch.-L.. Saint Symphorien et son culte, avec tous les souvenirs qui s'y rattachent.... 1861. M. Dejussieu. 143–44.
7. Web site: Saint Marcel. Nominis.cef.fr. 24 February 2016.
8. L. . Armand-Calliat. A propos du dieu Bacon. 27–30. 13. 1941. Annales de Bourgogne.