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Candidus (Celtic spirit)

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Candidus was a "candid spirit" that accompanied the healing god Borvo in Lusitanian and Celtic polytheism. This association is demonstrated in Nièvre at Entrains-sur-Nohain.[1][2] He has been described as "a minor deity in Apollo’s train who calls to mind Apollo Virotutis ‘truth’ and Apollo's role as revealer of the truth through oracles".[3][4]

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  1. ^ "Untitled table". Société de Mythologie Française (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ Walters, Vivienne J. (1974). The cult of Mithras in the Roman provinces of Gaul. Leiden: Brill. p. 35. ISBN 9004040145.
  3. ^ "APOLLINI GRANNO to APOLLO GRANNUS". DEO MERCURIO. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ^ Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1862). Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum (in Latin). Berolini : apud G. Reimerum. pp. xiii : 2901.