Aquilinus Rustici (abt. 430 - 470)

Born about 0430 in Lyons [uncertain]

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Biography

Aquilinus was born about 0430 at Lyons; his father was from the Rustici family, the son of Decimius Rusticus; his mother is unknown. Aquilinus was a friend and contemporary of Sidonius Apollinaris, as their fathers and grandfathers had been.^[1]

His son was (St) Rusticus, who became Archbishop of Lyon.^[2]

Unverified Wife

In many online genealogies his wife, and the mother of his son, Rusticus, is given as Fuscina, the daughter of Hesychius (I), Bishop of Vienne. However there are no primary sources or even reliable secondary sources for this relationship, and the approximate birth dates of Fuscina and Rusticus would indicate they were contemporaries, rather than mother and son.

Aquilinus is a Roman name, from the root word aquila, "eagle," with the meaning of "eagle-like"

Sources

1. ↑ Apollinaris, Volume 2, Book 5, Letter 9
2. ↑ Jones & Martindale, p. 125

• Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin & Martindale, John Robert, (eds.), The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 395-527, vol 2. of The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1980. Accessed via Google Books

• Sidonius Apollinaris, The letters of Sidonius, translated with introduction and notes by O.M. Dalton, Oxford University Press, 1915. Published online at Early Church Fathers - Additional texts, website (http://www.ccel.org/ccel/pearse/morefathers/files/index.htm : viewed 10 October 2015)

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Stephen Bridges and Sarah Key for starting this profile.