InGallo-Roman religion, theXulsigiae weretriple[1]goddesses worshipped at the healing-spring shrine inAugustaTreverorum (present-dayTrier). Edith Wightman suggests that they "may be localnymphs of the spring"; on the other hand, she also links their name to that of theSuleviae, whom she characterizes as "domestic goddesses".[2] Their temple, a smaller shrine near the monumentalLenusMars temple,[3] has also yielded clay figures of thegenii cucullati.[4] The name itself is attested only from one inscription, where it accompanies that of Lenus Mars:
LENO MARTI
ET XVLSIGIIS
L VIRIVS DISETO V S L M[5]
"To Lenus Mars and the Xulsigiae, Lucius Virius Diseto freely and deservedly fulfilled his vow."
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