bear cult
The Celtic roots of King Matruk and Saint Augusta in Veneto, Italy
bear cult, Brigantia, Brigid, Carni, Celts, Ceneda, Lugh, Madrucco, Matrucus, Matruk, Mount Altare, Mount Antare, Serravalle, St. Augusta, Taranis, VenetiBy: SANDRA BUSATTA – King Matruk is a well-known character in the Vittorio Veneto area: Archbishop Minuccio de’ Minucci, in full swing Counter-Reformation, narrated that Matrucus, a Germanic-speaking barbarian warrior king, persecuted Christians and did not scruple to torture and kill his daughter Augusta, later Saint Augusta. I believe that Matrucus was not a Germanic…