Abellio

Drawing of a Gallo-Roman votive altar dedicated to Abellio, found in the village of Garin, Haute-Garonne, France

Abellio (also Abelio and Abelionni) was a god worshiped in the Garonne Valley in Gallia Aquitania (now southwest France), known primarily by a number of inscriptions which were discovered in Comminges, in the Pyrenees.[1] He may have been a god of apple trees or the sun.[2][3]

  1. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Abellio", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 2, archived from the original on 2005-07-28, retrieved 2007-08-20
  2. ^ Jordan, Michael (1993). Encyclopedia of gods : over 2,500 deities of the world. Internet Archive. New York : Facts on File. pp. 1. ISBN 9780816029099.
  3. ^ Labrousse, Michel (1948). "Un Sanctuaire Rupestre Gallo-Romain dans les Pyrénées". Revue Archéologique. 31/32: 481–521. ISSN 0035-0737. JSTOR 41028715.

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