ORIGIN: Celtic [Continental European]
TYPE: God of Healing
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP: Pre-historic times until Christianization CE 400
SYNONYMS: Iovantucarus; Lenus Mars (Romano-Celtic)
CENTER(S) OF CULT: Left bank of the Moselle opposite Trier; also at Chedworth (England) and Caerwent (Wales).
ART REFERENCES: Sculptures, stone reliefs, votive plaques.
LITERARY SOURCES: Romano-Celtic inscriptions.
INFORMATION: A god of healing worshiped by the Celtic tribe of Treveri but later adopted by the Romans. The Trier sanctuary was a place of pilgrimage where large numbers of offerings were deposited, and carvings suggest that child patients were often present. Lenus's sanctuaries were usually associated with springs and some, if not all, had an Abaton or room for recuperation.