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Tonantius Ferreolus (405 - aft. 469)

Tonantius (Tonantius I) "prefect" Ferreolus
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Wikipedia -- Tonantius Ferreolus (born ca 405 – died after 469) was the praetorian prefect of Gaul (praefectus praetorio Galliarum) from 451. He lived in the Gard valley on his estate of Prusianum and possessed additional estates at Segondum in Rodez. His father and uncles were famous, and at least one of his ancestors during the 4th century was a patrician. He was either "personally related to" or "connected through (...) relatives" with Sidonius Apollinaris, but see below. His mother was a clarissima femina and daughter of Flavius Afranius Syagrius, Consul in 382.

He had married Papianilla, herself clarissima femina, born ca 415, a niece of Emperor Avitus and the first cousin of another Papianilla, wife of Sidonius Apollinaris, and they had many children, among whom Tonantius Ferreolus. She was a partner who shared his troubles, according to Sidonius. Tonantius Ferreolus had at least three sons: Tonantius Ferreolus who was a Gallo Roman Senator at Narbonne, Ruricius who became Bishop of Uzes between Probatius and Firminus and at least one son whose name is not attested. It is not known whether he had any daughters or whether more than these two sons survived to adulthood.

Issue:

  • Tonantius Ferreolus (senator)
  • Unattested son.
  • Unattested daughter married to Aspasius of Auch.
  • Ruricius (d. 506, 507 or shortly after 507), Bishop of Uzès. He was called Bishop of Uzes in the Life of Firminus and based on the existence of "Ruricius of Uzes" of the Life of Firminus, Dr. David Kelley postulated that "Ruricius of Uzes" was a brother of Tonantius, a son of Papianilla, wife of the elder Tonantius and that Ruricius of Limoges was her brother and Tonantius' uncle. This is still the position of a significant number of researchers however Mathisen and Settipani have concluded that the octogenarian Bishop Ruricius referred to in the Life of Firminus is in fact Ruricius of Limoges. Settipani has suggested that Papianilla was the sister of Hiberia, wife of Ruricius of Limoges and daughter of Gallo Roman Senator Ommatius of Clermont. Given that a Ferreolus would succeed Ruricius and his descendants to the Episcopal chair of Limoges and commission the epitaphs of Ruricius I and II (hence he was a kinsman and probably a descendant), it is likely there are aspects of the relationship between the Ruriciids and Ferreoli that are not yet explained by either theory.

Origins

The father (and uncles) of Tonantius Ferreolus, praetorian prefect of Gaul, should be celebrated, according to a letter written by Sidonius Apollinaris, (Book 7, letter xii) but in fact we don't know their names or what position they may have held in the later Roman Empire. It's not even clear whether the father may have been a member of the Ferreoli family, or used another name. Equally, although we know that Tonantius Ferreolus was the maternal grandson of Flavius Afranius Syagrius, consul in 381 or 382, we don't know his mother's name. Nor do we know of any siblings; Tonantius Ferreolus is the only attested child.

Marriage

m. Papianilla (b. c.415). Issue:

  • Tonantius Ferreolus (senator)
  • son
  • dau. m. Aspasius of Auch
  • Ruricius (d. 506/7 or shortly after), Bishop of Uzès

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