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Eglise à #Coligny (#Ain) Etienne Morel évêque de Maurienne, abbé d'Ambronay, chanoine de Saint-Jean de Lyon, originaire de Coligny, fut le bienfaiteur de cette ville dont il fit reconstruire l'église. Ses dive...
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00116382/coligny-eglise
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Photo CC-BY-SA 4.0 : Marianne Casamance

Eglise à #Coligny (#Ain) Etienne Morel évêque de Maurienne, abbé d'Ambronay, chanoine de Saint-Jean de Lyon, originaire de Coligny, fut le bienfaiteur de cette ville dont il fit reconstruire l'église. Ses dive...
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00116382/coligny-eglise
#Patrimoine #MonumentHistorique
Photo CC-BY-SA 4.0 : Marianne Casamance

I was hoping to find correspondences in #astrology to the #Coligny calendar, which I didn't, really — at least nothing straightforward.

But one possibility that stuck out to me has to do with Equos and Elembiuos — the so-called Horse and Deer months.

There's nothing about their season (assuming Samonios is summer) that seems relevant to either animal. But the root word Elembiuos is actually related to 'lamb', and obviously a horse + goat pair reminds of Sagittarius and Capricorn… 1/x

Moulin de Pertuizet à #Coligny (#Ain) Voir commune de : Villemotier.
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa01000013/coligny-moulin-de-pertuizet
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The end of Aedrinios brings us to the beginning of the #Gaulish month of Cantlos today — the 12th, and final, month of the #Coligny calendar.

The name "Cantlos" is directly related to Old Irish cétal 'singing, chanting', and Welsh cathl 'song, poem'.

There are many reasons the month could be named for song, but what sticks out to me is how much more I hear the birds singing lately, as they return for the warmer weather. 🐦

Yesterday was the end of the #Gaulish month of Aedrinios, (also spelled Edrinios).

Its root word is related to Old Irish áed 'fire' and Welsh eiddig — which means 'fiery' in a metaphorical sense ('greedy, ardent, envious,' etc.).

It is also related to Latin aedes, meaning 'temple' or 'home' — probably in reference to the fires of the altar and hearth.

Perhaps Aedrinios was once the occasion of bonfire or sacrificial observances that are now lost to time...

#Coligny

I fell behind keeping up with the #Gaulish #Coligny months, but February would have been the 10th month of the year known as Elembiu (or possibly *Elembivos).

Elembiu is a unique name that the living #Celtic languages don't shed much light on.

Comparisons have been made to Irish eilit 'doe' and Welsh elain 'fawn', but both of these better correspond to another Gaulish term we know of, Elantia.

In the #Gaulish #Coligny calendar, tonight is not #NewYearsEve, but rather the beginning of the ninth month EQVOS, 'The Horse' month.

(Well, technically the 1st of Equos might have been 2 days ago by now, on the quarter moon 🌓).

I wonder if the name of this month might relate to the celebration of #Eponalia that comes before it, on 18 December.

There was also a similarly named Greek month called ῐ̔́ππιος (híppios).

🌓 The quarter moon was a couple days ago now, but it could roughly mark the end of the month of Giamonios, and start of Simivisonnios—or the end of Samonios and start of Dumannios, according to Samhain reckoning.

(You can see that if this system is correct, the months are not much different than under the Roman calendar, most of the time.)

#Coligny