Monumentum
Inscription of Valerianus Petalus
In this inscription, found in Angera in Lombardy, Mithras is referred to by the unicum 'adiutor'.
The New Mithraeum
21 Sep 2023
TNMM 621 ↔ CIMRM 717
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / adiutor(i) / Valerian(us) / Petalus v(otum) [s(olvit)].
On an inscription, now lost but copied in the 19th century when it was replaced in the church of San Alessandro d'Angera in Lombardy, the dedicator, Valerius Petalus, attributes the epithet adiutor, a unicum in Mithraic epigraphy, to Mithras.
CIL V 5477
D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / adiutor[i] / Valerian[us] / Petalus v[otum] [s[olvit]].
To the invincible god Sol Mithras protector [adiutor], Valerianus Petalus [has] fulfilled his vow.
References
CIL V 5477; MMM II No. 188. Angeriae in divi Alexandri fano.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain.
