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Baco (god)

Gaulish boar-deity

Gaulish boar-deity

Baco (also Bacon) is a Gaulish Celtic god, known from Gallo-Roman inscriptions found in the areas of Chalon-sur-Saône and Eauze. 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, of whom many are recorded in the Celtic world. An account of Baco is also preserved in the hagiography of a St Marcel de Chalon, martyred in 177 or 179 CE. 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.

References

References

  1. (1850). "Mémoires de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Châlon-sur-Saône". Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Châlon-sur-Saône.
  2. ''L'Arbre Celtique.'' [http://www.arbre-celtique.com/approfondissements/divinites/inventaire-div/div_liste.php?nomdiv=Baco Baco].
  3. {{CIL. 13. 02603
  4. (1954). "Recherches archéologiques en Gaule en 1952 (suite) (Période historique)". Gallia.
  5. Sayers, Wililam. (2013). "Speculations on Substratum Influence on Early English Vocabulary: pig, colt, frog". Medieval and Early Modern English Studies.
  6. Miranda Green. ''Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend.'' Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997.
  7. Dinet, Ch.-L.. (1861). "Saint Symphorien et son culte, avec tous les souvenirs qui s'y rattachent...". M. Dejussieu.
  8. "Saint Marcel". Nominis.cef.fr.
  9. Armand-Calliat, L.. (1941). "A propos du dieu Bacon". Annales de Bourgogne.
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