Gontia () was a Celtic goddess. She was the

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of the river Günz, near

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. She is known from an inscription on a Roman-era altar at Günzburg ( la, Guntia) that reads ''Gontiae / sac(rum) / G(aius!) Iulius / Faventianus / , (centurio) leg(ionis) I Ital(icae)'',''Année Epigraphique'' 1930, 74. or 'Gaius Julius Faventianus, centurion of the Legio I Italica, (made) this offering to Gontia'.

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