Valetudo
Valetudo, the Roman name for the Celtic healing goddess Glanis, was associated with Hygeia. Worshipped particularly in the town of Glanum (modern-day Provence, France), she was linked to the healing spring there.
At the healing springs in Glanum, pilgrims likely bathed in nearby cisterns. An altar dedicated to Glanis, the Celtic goddess of health, and the Glanicae, a triad of local mother goddesses associated with the springs, stood near one of these pools.
In Glanum, a shrine to the Celtic healing goddess Glanis was erected as early as the 4th c. BC. The town itself bore her name, highlighting her importance to the local people. When Glanum became a Roman colony, the Romans followed their customary practice of absorbing deities into their pantheon. Glanis thus became known as Valetudo, the Roman goddess of health.
