Gontia (deity) explained

Gontia 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] 'Gaius Julius Faventianus, centurion of the Legio I Italica, (made) this offering to Gontia'.

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Notes and References

  1. Lauren Adams Gilmour, Pagans and Christians, Archaeopress, 2007, p. 24.
  2. Web site: Römische Ortsnamensreste in germanischen Nachfolgernamen . Otto Klaus Schmich . 2004-06-27 . 2015-03-17.
  3. L'Année épigraphique 1930, 74.