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Brixianus
A Gaulish and Galician God also known as Brixantus and Brixienus: God of the High Place
Britovius (Brixantus, Brixienus) is a Gaulish and Galician god known from Italy, France and Spain where he is the titular deity of the Brescia and of the ancient Celtic town of Brixia. His name indicates that he was a 'father of the tribe' type of deity. |
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Gaul, Gal: God of the High Place
A Gaulish god known from Brexia, Cisalpine Gaul (Italy) where he is equated with Jupiter; and (as Brixantus) at Moulins-Engilbert, Nièvre Transalpine Gaul (France).
Brixianus is the tutelary deity and may be the genius locus both of the Brescia region and of the ancient Celtic Brixia, a town of the Cenomani.
Etymologically Brixianus' name is derived from the reconstructed proto-Celtic elements: *brig- 'high' (cf Brigantia), the deicitic particle -ī-, *en 'in' and the Latinized masculine ending -us. Thus Brisianus is 'God in the High [Place]' or 'God of the High Place'. This would have made Brescia originally Brixia 'The High Place'.
Brixianus' name and his position as a titular deity indicates that he may have been a 'protector of the tribe' type of god.
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