• Terracotta relief of the Matres (the Vertault relief), from the Gallo-Roman settlement of Vertillum (Vertault) in Gaul. An altar of the Aufanian Matronae...
  • Etymology The native name or names of the Matrones/Matres, if any, are unknown; the titles Matrae or Matronae are Latin for “mothers” and are Roman in origin.
  • Matres ve Matronae, hem sunak hem de adak olarak her iki taş üzerinde yazıtlı ve yazıtsız olarak tasvir edilmiştir.
  • Altars to the Matronae, Matres and Nutrices have been found all throughout Europe, from the Iberian peninsula to Northern Italy to Algeria.
  • Unlike depictions of the Matres and other goddesses in northwestern Europe, the Matronae are never shown suckling or holding infants.
  • Relics of the female goddesses known as the Matres and Matronae, who were worshipped in Northwestern Europe between the first and fifth centuries...
  • This alternation between the forms Matres and Matronae is also found for Mother Goddesses possessing Germanic epithets (see below).
  • The cult of the three matres or matronae (both words mean "mothers") is known from Gaul (including Germania Inferior and Superior), northern Spain...
  • While their core veneration lies in northwestern Europe, the presence of the Matres and Matronae extends far beyond.
  • The Matres and Matronae were a collection of female deities of either Celtic or Germanic origin worshipped in Northwestern Europe.