Fisus Sancius
Umbrian · deity · Iguvine Umbrian religion; 3rd 1st c. BCE · deity
Fisus Sancius is the second god of the inner triad of Iguvium, receiving three suckling pigs behind the Tesenacan Gate together with mead, a mefa cake and a libation poured by the kneeling officiant. His name ties him to the Fisian Mount, the sacred height for whose safety the whole lustration is performed, and the epithet Sancius places him with the Italic gods of sanction and sworn faith. He is the only member of the inner triad whose cult is corroborated beyond Iguvium, which is why the comparison with Semo Sancus and Dius Fidius is regularly made; the registry records that comparison without collapsing the figures into one.
Domains
- civic lustration
- protection
Powers
- to receive the suckling pigs, the mefa cake and the libation offered within the Tesenacan Gate
Epithets
- Sansie
- Fisovius
Relations
- ally: Trebus Jovius
- ally: Tefer Jovius
Sources
- Iguvine Tablets, Tabula Ia 15-19; VIb 3-18.
- J. W. Poultney, The Bronze Tables of Iguvium (American Philological Association, 1959) — the English translation from which these tablet references were recorded; see data-sources/audits/lane-1/umbrian-census.tsv.
- Oxford Classical Dictionary, s.v. 'tabulae Iguvinae'.