The title The Rhedonian is derived from Henri Boudet’s use of the name Redones in La Vraie Langue Celtique. In Boudet’s interpretation, the name Rennes is linked not only to the Redones of Armorica, but also to a southern people or sacred landscape of the Redones in the region of Rennes-les-Bains. For him, this is no ordinary tribal name. It is bound up with the idea of a cromlech, a circle or system of significant stones, and with a deeper conception of sacred geography, memory, naming, and ancient knowledge.

In Boudet’s account, Rennes-les-Bains becomes the site of a southern drunemeton: a learned and symbolic centre in which landscape, stones, and names preserve traces of an older order. The word Redones therefore carries more than an ethnic meaning. It suggests a place of “wise stones,” a terrain marked by sacred monuments, intellectual authority, and religious inheritance.

The Rhedonian is a modern title inspired by that world. It does not claim to be Boudet’s own term, but rather a contemporary editorial name shaped from his vocabulary. It evokes both the student of the Two Rennes and the reader who enters their landscape of history, archaeology, symbolism, and legend.

As a title, The Rhedonian suggests not only a subject, but a standpoint: that of the thoughtful reader, researcher, or explorer who approaches Rennes-le-Château and Rennes-les-Bains as places where memory, text, topography, and myth converge.