Erudinus

The altar to Erudinus.
Dobra peak.

Erudinus (Latin: [erʊˈdiːnʊs]), Erudinu (Cantabrian: [eɾuˈðinu]) or Erudino (Spanish: [eɾuˈðino]) was a pagan god in Cantabrian mythology. A stone altar with an inscription dated from the year 161 (originally believed to date from 399[1]) was found in 1925 by Hermilio Alcalde del Río at the Monte Dobra, near Torrelavega (Cantabria). The inscription says:

CORNE(lius) VICANVS / AVNIGAINV(m) / CESTI(i) F(ilius). ARA(m) / POSSVIT. DEO / ERVDINO. X. K(alendas)/ AVGV(stas). MA(llio). EV(tropio) CO(n)s(ulibus).[dubious – discuss]

The altar forms part of the stock of the Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria, while a replica is installed in a green zone at Sierrapando.[2] From 2001 to 2012, this reproduction remained in the Serafin Escalante street in Torrelavega.[3]

  1. ^ MacMULLEN, RAMSAY (1984). "NOTES ON ROMANIZATION". The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists. 21 (1/4): 161–177. Retrieved Nov 8, 2021.
  2. ^ El concejal de Cultura defiende el traslado del 'Ara del Dobra' a Sierrapando El Diario Montañés.
  3. ^ El Ayuntamiento quiere potenciar la imagen de la calle Serafín Escalante El Diario Montañés.