Monumentum
Aion of Mitreo Fagan
The marble Aion from the lost Mithraeum Fagan, Ostia, now presides the entrance to the Vatican Library.
Leontocéfalo del Mitreo Fagan
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Detalle del leontocéfalo del Mitreo Fagan
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
The New Mithraeum
2 May 2010
Updated on Nov 2022
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Standing naked figure with lion's head and wide open mouth. Behind his shoulders he has two small wings and two more on his hips. These wings have been placed in opposite directions and carry the symbols of the four seasons. They are decorated with a dove and a swan (top right), ears (top left), a buch of grapes (bottom left), two palms and a reed (bottom right).
The god is entwined in six coils of a serpent, which rests its head on the god's (Aion). On his breast a
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