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The New
Mithraeum

Ad Augusta per Angusta

Locus

Benifaió

Name: Benifaió
Address: Benifaió, Spain

The Roman remains of Benifaió, or Benifayó in Spanish, are located on the outskirts of the city. Of particular interest is a rustic villa inhabited between the 1st and 4th centuries according to the numismatic and ceramic remains found.

Mithraic monuments of Benifaió

Altar of Benifayó

This altar found in Benifaió, València, was erected by a slave called Lucanus.

CIMRM 807bis

People attested in Benifaió

Lucanus
(2nd half of 2nd century)

Inscriptions from Benifaió

Altar of Benifayó

Invicto / Mithrae / Lucanus / Ser[vus].

To the invincible Mithras the slave Lucanus.

References

Aleš Chalupa (2023) Římský kult boha Mithry. Atlas lokalit a katalog nálezů I
Alfred Shenington Geden. Altar of Benifayó in EDCS
Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar of Benifayó in EDH
Hispania Epigraphica. Altar of Benifayó in HE
Jaime Alvar Ezquerra (2018) El culto de Mitra en Hispania
Manfred Clauss (1992) Cultores Mithrae. Die Anhangerschaft Des Mithras-Kultes
Mitra en Hispania. Altar of Benifayó in MEH