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Commentary

Ancient structures in Bioggio on the north-western tip of Lago Maggiore were excavated during the 1990ies in the area around the church San Maurizio. In 1992, a public workshop building (mid-2^nd–6^th/7^th c. AD) was excavated some 40 m west of the modern church. In 1996 and 1998, a Roman temple to Jupiter (mid-2^nd–early 3^rd c. AD) was excavated ca. 40 m to the north; it included two ditches with sacrificial remains as well as a marble altar with a votive inscription to Jupiter. The latter may feature, apparently as an additional epithet to Iupiter Optimus Maximus, the name of a Celtic deity Nennicos (line 2 NEṆ-[). The church San Maurizio itself, originally situated on the current building's south-eastern side (now the subterrenean Sito musealizzato sagrato San Maurizio), where one on the Lepontic inscribed stelae was found in secondary context, dates back to the 5^th–6^th c. AD. The finding of the three stelae indicates the existence of a pre-Roman settlement with at least partly Celtic population and corresponding necropolis in the area (though the stelae may have been carried to the plain from a higher site by the Vedeggio). See Dell'Era 2020b: 175–184 in detail especially on the Roman inscription.

Bibliography

Dell’Era 2022	Romeo Dell'Era, Le iscrizioni romane del Canton Ticino, Bellinzona: 2022.