Belenos

Gaulish solar healing god identified with Apollo; cult centred on Aquileia and noted by Tertullian and Ausonius; name 'the shining one'.

Domains

• sun healing
• healing

Powers

• Heal the sick at his therapeutic springs
• drive the sun across the sky and pour out its bright light

Epithets

• Apollo Belenus latin · Apollo Belenusinterpretatio Romana; 'the shining/bright one'CIL V 732 (Aquileia); Tertullian, Apologeticum 24; Ausonius, Professores XI (primary)
• Belenus Augustus Latin · Beleno Augusto · cultthe august / venerable Belenus (dedication formula at Aquileia)Wikipedia, 'Belenus' ('Beleno Aug(usto)', Aquileia) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Tertullian, Apologeticum 24; Ausonius; Apollo Belenus inscriptions at Aquileia (primary); Name 'bright/shining' (root *bhel-); cf. Beltane; B. Maier, Dictionary of Celtic Religion (1997) (secondary)