Veraudunus is the name of aCeltic god known only from two votive inscriptions found inLuxembourg. One of these inscriptions suggests that ‘Veraudunus’ may have been an epithet of the importantTreveran godLenusMars. In both inscriptions, Veraudunus is invoked along withInciona.
On the large stone slab fromMensdorf on theWiddebierg, pictured at right, the god Veraudunus (DEO VERAVDVNO) and Inciona are invoked in honour of the imperial family in fulfilment of a vow made by Marcus Pl(autius?) Restitutus' mother Alpinia Lucana.[1]
The second inscription is a small bronze votive plaque from Kaul in Luxembourg, which reads:
If the lettersNO MAR can be restored asLeno Marti, then ‘Veraudunus’ appears to be an epithet ofLenusMars,[1] the tribal protector of theTreveri who inhabited what is now Luxembourg.[2]
The name of the Widdebierg itself has been said to derive from ‘Veraudunus’.[3]
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