Albiorix (Gaulish god) is a deity often associated with the god
Mars
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Name
The origin of the name Albiorix is based on connection with the deity Mars, and as such the cult of this deity was known in the
Haute-Provence and in the
Alps
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Scholars disagree with this being an individual deity or one that has been connected with Mars through
syncretism
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and
interpretatio.
The name of
one of the moons of
Saturn
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was named after this deity.
Attestations
The inscription from the
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
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(CIL) includes references to the deity:
ALBIORICE
While also connected to the deity Mars found on fragments of vases:
MARTI
ALBIORIGI
References
{{Gaulish-Brythonic mythology
Gaulish gods