The Druids were idol worshipers and adored Teutates, Hesus, Belerius and Taramis.
Their religion was very close to superstition and they were so
attached to their own ceremonies that they held all others in low esteem.
They celebrated their rites in caves and underground places because
they believe that they were descended from the gods of Hell, and since Chartres,
called Anticrum in Latin by Ptolemy, because it was full of caves,
caverns, grottos, and places hollowed in the rocks,
was largely built underground, the Druids made it the center of their cult and
consecrated an altar to a virgin who was to give birth, Virgo partitura.
The altar erected by the Druids in honor of the holy virgin in the city of
Chartres, long before the coming of the the Son of God, remained in the same
state until the shadows of paganism were dissipated by the light of the Gospel.
Seeing the fulfillment of their predictions,
the Druids left the shadows to follow the Truth.
Their caves and caverns were converted into oratories, and
the Christians assembled in this subterranean spot dedicated to
the Virgin and celebrated a divine service there daily.