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Two small heads in Phrygian caps from Cataio

Two small marble heads in Phrygian caps from the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, cited by Dütschke, which may belong to torchbearer figures.

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Marble relief of standing torchbearer from Cataio

A large relief in Italian marble kept in the gallery of the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, depicting a standing torchbearer who holds his torch with both hands.

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Statue of Cautopates pointing torch at rock from Cataio

A marble statue from the south wall of the gallery of the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire (Cautopates) with a sorrowful expression, standing beside a rock at which he points his torch.

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Bronze statuette of Cautopates with ram's head, found in Italy

A small bronze statuette reportedly found in Italy and now in the British Museum in London, depicting a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire (Cautopates) pointing a broken torch downwards with his right hand and holding a ram's head in his left.

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Cautopates relief from Torcello

A marble relief found on the small island of San Michele di Zampanigo near Torcello in the Venetian lagoon, now in the Museum of Torcello, showing a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire resting his head in his right hand and holding a downward-pointing torch (Cautopates), framed by poppies…

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Inscription of L. Claudius Iustio with his sons from Trento

An inscription from Trento (ancient Tridentum) recording a gift dedicated to the Invincible Mithras by L. Claudius Iustio together with his sons Iustus and Iustinus.

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Double-sided limestone relief with raven and tauroctony from Val di Non

A double-sided limestone relief found near Meclo in Val di Non in 1895, now in the Museo Nazionale at Trento, with a raven and altar scene on the obverse and scenes on the reverse showing a figure attacking a kneeling Phrygian-capped person and Mithras as a bull-carrier…

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Temple of Sol inscription from Como, dedicated under Diocletian

An inscription recording the completion and dedication of the Temple of Sol at Como by T. Flavius Postumius Titianus, corrector of Italy, by order of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, with Axilius the Younger as curator of the city of the Comenses.

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Inscription of M. Calvius Satullio from the Angera Mithraeum

An inscription on the altar base from the Mithraeum at Angera, recording that M. Calvius Satullio dedicated a base to Jupiter Optimus Maximus on behalf of the inhabitants of the vicus Sebuinus.

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Inscription "Deo Soli" dedicated by the res publica from Brescia

An inscription found in the old monastery of San Giulia in Brescia (ancient Brixia), in the arch supporting the crypt of Santa Maria in Solario, recording a dedication to Deus Sol by the res publica.

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Inscription of C. Valerius Rufinus from Introbbio

An inscription found in 1883 at Introbbio in the Valsassina valley, recording a votive offering to the Invictus god by C. Valerius Rufinus.

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Altar of C. Industrius Verus from Industria

An altar found in 1830 at the ancient site of Industria near Monteu da Po in Liguria, bearing a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by C. Industrius Verus.

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Cautes torchbearer relief fragment from Ganaceto near Modena

A white marble relief fragment found in a house at Ganaceto near Modena in 1845, now in the Museo Lapidario in Modena, showing Cautes in Eastern attire and anaxyrides cross-legged, with a fragment of Mithras' flying cloak according to Cumont.

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Angera (Angera)

Roman settlement on the southern shore of Lacus Verbanus (Lake Maggiore) in Transpadana, known for Mithraic inscriptions and a cave sanctuary traditionally identified as a Mithraeum.

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Inscription of Marius from San Zeno di Romedio, near Trento

A fragmentary inscription on the lower border of the limestone tauroctony relief from San Zeno di Romedio near Trento, partially reading a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by Marius.

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Limestone tauroctony relief from San Zeno di Romedio, near Trento

A limestone low-relief tauroctony fragment found in 1869 near the entrance of the valley of San Zeno di Romedio in the Trentino, now in the Museum at Trento, showing a primitive Mithras bullkiller with Cautes upraised, the bust of Luna and an inscription on the lower border…

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Tauroctony relief fragment from San Zeno am Nonsberg, Trentino

A coarse-grained yellowish-white marble tauroctony relief fragment found walled in at San Zeno am Nonsberg in the Trentino in 1911, now in the Museum Ferdinandeum at Innsbruck, showing part of Mithras slaying the bull and Cautes raising a flaming torch.

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Inscription "Deo Invicto Mithrae" from San Zeno, near Trento

A brief inscription reading "Deo Invicto Mithrae", found in the ruins of the Castello di Tuenno near San Zeno at the entry to the Tovel valley in Trentino, alongside the decorated relief No. 723.

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San Zeno (Tuenno)

San Zeno is a locality near Tuenno in the Val di Non, where Mithraic material attributed to Roman Raetia was discovered.

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Red pottery fragments with bull and lion from Trier

Two red pottery fragments from a plate found near the Schützenstrasse at Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica, showing the forepart of a horned bull and the hindquarters of a lion, possibly Mithraic in character.

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