Syndexios
Cracissius
Senilius Carantinus
Senilius Carantinus, also named Cracissius, was a citizen (civis) of Mediomatrici.
Front view of Petrogenesis altar of Nida
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-NC-SA)
Biography
of Cracissius
- Cracissius was a brother of the Mithraea of Heddernheim.
- Active c. 2nd – 3rd century in Nida, Germania superior (Gallia).
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Senilius Carantinus, also named Cracissius, was a citizen (civis) of Mediomatrici which had as its principal town Divodurum Mediomatricorum, today Metz, in Gallia Belgica. His surname Crassicius is of Celtic origin.
Mentions
Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida
The Mithraic stele from Nida depicts the Mithras Petrogenesis and the gods Cautes, Cautopates, Heaven and Ocean.
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D(eo) inv(icto) Mit(hrae) / Senilius Car/antinus / c(ivis) Medio/m(atricus)
V(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito) / Sive Cracissiu[s]. // P(etram) genetricem.
V(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito) / Sive Cracissiu[s]. // P(etram) genetricem.
To the invincible god Mithras, Senilius Carantinus, also named Cracissius, citizen of Mediomatricus, dedicated willingly, gladly and deservedly following a vow these images of Cautes, of the generative rock, of Cautopates, and of the Heaven and Ocean.