Editing Condatis (section)

== Cult ==
The [[Cult (religious practice)| cult]] title is probably related to the place name ''Condate'', often used in [[Gaul]] for settlements at the [[confluence]] of rivers.<ref>Maier, ''Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture'', p. 80.</ref> 
The Celtic god ''Condatis'' is thought to have functions pertaining to water and healing.
<ref>Ross, Anne (1967). ''Pagan Celtic Britain''. Routledge & Kegan Paul. {{ISBN|0-902357-03-4}}.</ref>
<ref>Jones, Barri & Mattingly, David (1990). ''An Atlas of Roman Britain'' (p. 275). Oxford: Basil Blackwell. {{ISBN|1-84217-067-8}}.</ref>

Roman altar-inscriptions to ''Mars Condates'' have been found near Roman forts in [[County Durham]] in the [[North of England]] that may suggest a 'confluence-deity' [[Cult (religious practice)|cult]] and the possibility that river [[Confluence|confluences]] may have been used as [[Paganism|pagan]] [[sacrifice|ritual sacrifice]] or [[human sacrifice]] sites.{{efn|SPNS – ''Brittonic Language...''<br>'''Aber''' ..."On the possibility that confluences and estuaries may have been
 pagan ritual sites...The altar-inscriptions to Condatis found in the Tyne-Tees region may be evidence of a 'confluence-deity' cult in that area
 ...{{sfn|James|2020|pp=4-5}} }}{{efn|See also: [[Paganism]] ..."Ritual sacrifice was an integral part of ancient Graeco-[[Religion in ancient Rome|Roman religion]] and was regarded as an indication of whether a person was pagan or Christian...}}{{efn|See also: [[Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire]]
 ..."Despite official threats...paganism remained widespread into the early fifth century continuing in parts of the empire into the 600s...}}