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Monumentum

Statue of a standing torchbearer from Chester (now lost)

A small stone statue found at Chester (ancient Deva) in 1853 built into a cellar wall in White Friars, still seen by Stukeley in 1725 but now lost, depicting a standing torchbearer in Eastern attire and cross-legged, holding a torch downwards with both hands.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Small stone statue, found at Chester (ancient Deva) in 1853, built into a cellar wall in White Friars. Now lost.Standing torchbearer in Eastern attire and cross-legged. With both hands he holds a torch downwards.

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