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Saints have often been prevailed upon in requests for intercessory prayers to protect against or help combatting a variety of dangers, illnesses, and ailments. This is a list of saints and such ills traditionally associated with them.
Atepomarus, Gaulish healing god associated with the Greek god Apollo; Borvo, Celto-Lusitanian healing god associated with bubbling spring water; Brigid, Irish goddess associated with healing; Belenus, Celtic god of fire and healing; Dian Cecht, Irish god of healing; Endovelicus, god of public health and safety
Lenus (Ancient Greek: Ληνός [1]) was a Celtic healing god worshipped mainly in eastern Gaul, where he was almost always identified with the Roman god Mars. Name [ edit ]
General deities were known by the Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses called upon for protection, healing, luck, and honour. The local deities from Celtic nature worship were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape, such as mountains, trees, or rivers, and thus were generally only known by the locals in ...
29. "Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul." — 3 John 1:2. 30. "Heavenly Father, it hurts so bad. Dull the pain with ...
People left items of clothing or strips of cloth outside overnight for Brigid to bless. These were believed to have powers of healing and protection. [8] Brigid would be symbolically invited into the home and a bed would often be made for her. In some places, a family member who represented Brigid would circle the house three times carrying rushes.
The theonym Belenus (or Belinus), which is a latinized form of the Gaulish Belenos (or Belinos), appears in some 51 inscriptions.Although most of them are located in Aquileia (Friuli, Italy), the main centre of his cult, the name has also been found in places where Celtic speakers lived in ancient times, including in Gaul, Noricum, Illyria, Britain and Ireland.
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