Sancus

Sancus was the name of an ancient god, who was originally worshiped by the Umbro- Sabine tribes and was also regarded as the founder of folk. According to traditional lore, his cult was 466 BC during a confrontation with the Sabines to Rome; there is the Consul Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis as - but unsuccessful - diplomatic gesture and establishing a religious community whose merger with Dius Fidius, the Roman god of contract compliance in the trade, or between nations, have led. Sancus, which was equated with Hercules cult addressed since the 4th century BC as ( with variations ) Semo Sanctus Deus Sancus Fidius, and the temple dedicated to him was at the porta Sanqualis on the Quirinal, in place of the present Church of San Silvestro al Quirinale.