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Syndexios

Γαῦρος

Tauroctony relief in Sala dei Animali
Tauroctony relief in Sala dei AnimaliCarole Raddato

Biography
of Γαῦρος

  • Γαῦρος is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios).
  • Attested in Ad Enum, Noricum in 3rd century (TNMM 673).

Attestations

Tauroctony from Chrestos

TNMM 673

This relief of Mithras killing the bull, signed by a certain Χρῆστος, is on display in the Sala dei Animali of the Vatican Museum.

Χρῆστος πατὴρ καὶ Γαῦρος ἐποίησαν.
Chrestos the Pater and Gauros consecrated [this].
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