In Celtic mythology, Belenus (also Belinus, Belenos, Belinos, Belinu, Bellinus, Belus, Bel) was a deity worshipped in Gaul, Britain and Celtic areas of Italy, Austria and northern Spain. He had shrines from Aquileia on the Adriatic to Kirkby Lonsdale in England.Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl (2001). Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie. Paris: Editions Errance. ISBN 2-87772-200-7.www.Roman-Britain.org. [LINK: http://www.roman-britain.org/epigraphy/rib_north_england.htm] Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB 611). His name means "shining one" or "henbane god"Peter Schrijver, "On Henbane and Early European Narcotics", Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie vol.51

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