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Portunus was a Roman god, protector of harbours and gates, supposedly also inventing navigation. Being god of the gates he was naturally the god of departure and return and, by extension, the god of all means of communication. There is a temple dedicated to Portunus on the banks of the Tiber which stood by the Portus Tiberinus in Roman times. The temple was turned into a Christian church in 872.
(Temple detail image thanks to Kalervo Koskimies)
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