Baco (also Bacon) is a Gaulish Celtic god, known from Gallo-Roman inscriptions found in the areas of Chalon-sur-Saône and Eauze.L'Arbre Celtique. Baco. The inscription at Chalon-sur-Saône, dated to 69 to 96 CE, was dedicated by a decurion in the Roman cavalry.
Origin The god's name (also Gallicized as Bacon) indicates that he was probably a boar-god, of whom many are recorded in the Celtic world.Miranda Green. Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997. An account of Baco is also preserved in the hagiography of a St Marcel de Chalon, martyred in 177 or 179 CE. According to L. Armand-Calliat, the cult of this Baco was inherited by St Anthony the Great, venerated in the Haute-Bourgogne region on 17 January.
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