Abellio (Celtic deity)

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Abellio (Celtic deity) is a little-known god from ancient Gaulish religion, likely associated with the sun, apple trees, or orchards, and venerated in the region of the Pyrenees.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Abellio (Celtic deity) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaulish deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
associatedWith agriculture ⓘ
apple trees ⓘ
orchards ⓘ
sun ⓘ
vegetation ⓘ
attestedIn Latin inscriptions ⓘ
certaintyOfFunction uncertain ⓘ
culture Celtic ⓘ
epigraphyRegion Aquitania ⓘ
Comminges ⓘ
Haute-Garonne ⓘ
evidenceType dedicatory inscriptions ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
historicalContext Gallo-Roman religious syncretism ⓘ
modernDiscipline Celtic studies ⓘ
classical archaeology ⓘ
comparative religion ⓘ
nameForm Abellio ⓘ
nameLanguage Gaulish ⓘ
nameVariant Abelio ⓘ
Abellion ⓘ
Abellius ⓘ
notableFeature little-known and sparsely attested ⓘ
regionType local or regional god ⓘ
religion ancient Gaulish religion ⓘ
scholarlyInterpretation possibly a solar deity ⓘ
possibly a vegetation or orchard god ⓘ
possibly associated with apple cultivation ⓘ
sourceType archaeological epigraphy ⓘ
venerationPeriod Roman period ⓘ
worshippers Romanized inhabitants of Aquitania ⓘ
local Gaulish population ⓘ
worshipPlace Pyrenees region ⓘ
linked to: Pyrénées region

southwestern Gaul ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abellio → namedAfter → Abellio (Celtic deity) ⓘ