Editing Minerva (section)

== Worship in Roman Britain ==
During [[Roman Britain|the Roman occupation of Britain]], it was common for carpenters to own tools ornamented with images of Minerva to invoke a greater amount of protection from the goddess of crafts. Some women would also have images of her on accessories such as hairpins or jewellery. She was even featured on some funerary art on coffins and signet rings.<ref name="Henig-1984">{{Cite book|last=Henig|first=Martin|title=Religion in Roman Britain|publisher=Batsford|year=1984|location=London}}</ref>

=== Bath ===
During Roman rule, Minerva became equated with the Celtic goddess [[Sulis]], to the degree where their names were used both together and interchangeably.<ref name="Henig-1984" /> She was believed to preside over the healing hot springs located in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].<ref name="Sauer-1996">{{Cite journal|last=Sauer|first=Eberhard|title=An Inscription from Northern Italy, the Roman Temple Complex in Bath and Minerva as a Healing Goddess in Gallo-Roman Religion|date=March 1996|journal=Oxford Journal of Archaeology|volume=15|pages=63–93|doi=10.1111/j.1468-0092.1996.tb00074.x}}</ref> Though Minerva is not a water deity, her association with intellectual professions as ''Minerva Medica'' she could also be thought of as a healing goddess, the epigraphic evidence present makes it clear that this is how Minerva was thought of in Bath.<ref name="Sauer-1996" />

Some of the archaeological evidence present in Bath leads scholars to believe that it was thought Minerva could provide full healing from things such as rheumatism via the hot springs if she was given full credit for the healing.<ref name="Henig-1984" />

The temple of Sulis Minerva was known for having a miraculous altar-fire that burned coal as opposed to the traditional wood.<ref name="Henig-1984" />

=== Carrawburgh ===
There is evidence of worship of Minerva Medica in [[Carrawburgh]] due to archaeological evidence such as a relief depicting her and [[Asclepius|Aesculapius]].<ref name="Sauer-1996" />

=== Chester ===
There is a shrine dedicated to Minerva in Edgar's Field built in the face of a quarry next to the [[River Dee, Wales|River Dee]].