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