Monumentum
Lápida mitráica de San Juan de la Isla
The monument of San Juan de la Isla (Asturias) devoted to Mithras was preserved in the portico of the main church until 1843.
Lápida a Mitra de San Juan de la Isla (Asturias)
Ara dedicada a Mitra de San Juan de la Isla (Asturias)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
The New Mithraeum
1 May 2010
Updated on 4 May 2023
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The first mention of the tombstone dates from 1794, when Caveda mentions it in a message preserved in the Real Academia de la Historia (Royal Academy of History). Caveda locates the tombstone in the portico of the Church of San Juan de la Isla, where it was until 1843 and Juan Poladura made a copy. José Isla moved it to his house, where Braulio Vigón found it. The latter gave it to the Provincial Archaeological Museum in 1880, according to Vigil (1887, p. 353).
Its appearance is rather crude and its right side is fragmented.
Its appearance is rather crude and its right side is fragmented.