However, in the 16th century, a statue was unearthed on the island in question, inscribed to Semo Sancus, a Sabine deity, leading most scholars to believe that Justin Martyr confused Semoni Sancus with Simon.

In 446 BC, a temple was dedicated on the Quirinal in honour of Semo Sancus Dius Fidius, and it is possible that this temple was erected over the ruins of another temple.

Remarkable is the fact that the shrine of Sancus had no roof as it was deemed inappropriate and ineffective to swear oaths unless under the sky and the Capitolin temple had an opening in its roof too.

In their view Sancus would be a deity who was shared by all ancient Italic peoples, whether Osco-Umbrian or Latino-Faliscan.

Some aspects of the ritual of the oath for Dius Fidius, such as the proceedings under the open sky and / or in the compluvium of private residences and the fact the temple of Sancus had no roof, have suggested to romanist O. Sacchi the idea that the oath by Dius Fidius predated that for Iuppiter Lapis or Iuppiter Feretrius, and should have its origin in prehistoric time rituals, when the templum was in the open air and defined by natural landmarks as e. g. the highest nearby tree.

In ancient Roman religion, Sancus ( also known as Sangus or Semo Sancus ) was the god of trust ( fides ), honesty, and oaths.

Sancus was also the god who protected oaths of marriage, hospitality, law, commerce, and contracts in particular.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus writes the worship of Semo Sancus was imported into Rome at a very early time by the Sabines who occupied the Quirinal Hill.

There was possibly another shrine or altar ( ara ) dedicated to Semo Sancus on the Isle of the Tiber, near the temple of Iupiter Iurarius.

According to another source the statue of Sancus ( as Semo Sancus Dius Fidus ) was found on the Tiber Island.

However, in 1574, the Semo Sancus statue was unearthed on the island in question, leading most scholars to believe that Justin Martyr confused Semoni Sanco with Simon.

Cato and Silius Italicus wrote that Sancus was a Sabine god and father of the eponymous Sabine hero Sabus.

Pliny says that a statue was dedicated to her as Gaia Caecilia in the temple of Semo Sancus.

Dius Fidius is considered a theonym for Jupiter, and sometimes a separate entity ( also known in Rome as Semo Sancus Dius Fidius.

This overlap of functional characters has generated confusion about the identity of Sancus Dius Fidius either among ancient and modern scholars, as Dius Fidius has sometimes been considered another theonym for Iupiter.

However, Porcius Cato argued that the Sabines were a populace named after Sabus, the son of Sancus ( a divinity of the area sometimes called Jupiter Fidius ).

Some aspects of the oath-ritual for Dius Fidius ( such as proceedings under the open sky or in the compluvium of private residences ), and the fact the temple of Sancus had no roof, suggest that the oath sworn by Dius Fidius predated that for Iuppiter Lapis or Iuppiter Feretrius.

The autonomy of Semo Sancus from Jupiter and the fact that Dius Fidius is an alternate theonym designating Semo Sancus ( and not Jupiter ) is shown by the name of the correspondent Umbrian god Fisus Sancius which compounds the two constituent parts of Sancus and Dius Fidius: in Umbrian and Sabine Fisus is the exact correspont of Fidius, as e. g. Sabine Clausus of Latin Claudius.

The details of the cult of Fisus Sancius at Iguvium and those of Fides at Rome, such as the use of the mandraculum, a piece of linen fabric covering the right hand of the officiant, and of the urfeta ( orbita ) or of the orbes ahenei, sort of small bronze disc brought in the right hand by the officiant at Iguvium and also deposed in the temple of Semo Sancus in 329 B. C.

Supporting this interpretation is the explanation of the theonym Sancus as meaning sky in Sabine given by Johannes Lydus, etymology that however is rejected by Dumézil and Briquel among others.

His function of custos guardian is highlighted by the location of his temple inside the pomerium but not far from the gate of Porta Collina or Quirinalis, near the shrines of Sancus and Salus.

Varro states his teacher Aelius Stilo called this god Diovis filium, i. e. Dius Filius as the Grreek Διόσκορον Castorem on the grounds of the alternance of the letters d and l in the Sabine tongue and identified him in Sabine Sancus and Greek Hercules.

The functionality of Sancus occurs consistently within the sphere of fides, oaths and respect for contracts and of the divine-sanction guarantee against their breach.

Wissowa suggested that Semo Sancus is the genius of Jupiter, but the concept of a deity's genius is a development of the Imperial period.

The god is certainly not a mere aspect of Jupiter but a separate entity, known in Rome as Semo Sancus Dius Fidius.

The fact that Sancus as Jupiter is in charge of the observance of oaths, of the laws of hospitality and of loyalty ( Fides ) makes him a deity connected with the sphere and values of sovereignty, i. e. in Dumézil's terminology of the first function.

And in the hunting land, this hunger was considered to be a noble thing.

Dr. Isaacs was so pleased with the quality of her biographical study of Sara Sullam that he considered submitting it to the Century Magazine or Harper's but he decided that its Jewish subject probably would not interest them and published it in The Messenger, `` so our readers will be benefited instead ''.

What irritated Miriam was that Wright had told the papers about a reasonable offer he had made, which he considered she would accept `` when she tires of publicity ''.

To you, for instance, the word innocence, in this connotation, probably retained its Biblical, or should I say technical sense, and therefore I suppose I must make myself quite clear by saying that I lost -- or rather handed over -- what you would have considered to be my innocence two weeks before I was legally entitled, and in fact by oath required, to hand it over along with what other goods and bads I had.

This is not to assume that his work was without merit, but the validity of his assumptions concerning the meaning of history must always be considered against this background of an unprofessional approach.

Since it was issued in the spring of 1611, the King James Version has been most generally considered the most poetic and beautiful of all translations of the Bible.

According to one report, however, Mr. Hammarskjold was considered `` too controversial '' a figure to warrant bestowal of the coveted honor last spring.

On April 25, the White House reported that a total embargo of remaining U.S. trade with Cuba was being considered.

We fail to see how such procedure resulted in any prejudice to petitioner's contention, which was considered by the appeal board and denied by it.

As was said in Gonzales, `` it is the Appeal Board which renders the selective service determination considered ' final ' in the courts, not to be overturned unless there is no basis in fact.

However, in this case as elsewhere it was necessary to arrive at a single standard to be applied to all situations, representing an averaging of conditions, and thus to fix particular points in time which would be considered the dividing points between daytime and nighttime conditions.

When air travel was in its infancy, the sky was considered big enough and high enough for all.

The matter was considered and reconsidered, and finally opposed, but in spite of many objections, the Court granted a charter on January 9, 1792.

The southern half, however, on account of its underbracing, was considered by boat owners a menace to navigation.

In 1803 Oersted returned to Copenhagen and applied for the university's chair in physics but was rejected because he was probably considered more a philosopher than a physicist.

This, however, can only be considered approximate, as the diameter of the pulley was increased by the build-up of tape and the tape was occasionally removed from the pulley during the runs.

However, the nonspecific staining by the Af in tumor sections was considered bright enough to be confused with the staining of small amounts of WTV antigen.

The engineer had more than seven years of experience in the firm, was well trained, was considered a hard worker, was respected by his fellow engineers for his technical competence and was regarded as a `` comer ''.

For what concerns all scientific disciplines is precisely that which can be captured for the rational, i.e., for the scientific determination of what in past ages was considered ultimate and irrational.