Belenos (Belinus, Bel, Beli Mawr) is a Solar deity, he can be seen as a Celtic equivalent of Apollo, and there are various traces of his cult in Britain. Belenus is a sun god from Celtic mythology and, in the 3rd century, the patron deity of the Italian city of Aquileia. Called the "Fair Shining One" (or "The Shining God"), he was one of the most ancient and most-widely worshipped Celtic deities and is associated with the ancient fire festival and modern Sabbat, Beltane. He was associated with t