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Tonantius Senior Ferreolus, 475

Name
Tonantius Senior /Ferreolus/
Surname
Ferreolus
Given names
Tonantius Senior
Family with parents
father
mother
himself
Family with Papinilla
himself
partner
son
Death
after 475
Unique identifier
5294FDB01047B54980F4E43412951E6CA5B9
Last change
23 January 200719:13:57
Note

Notes
Weis' "Ancestral Roots . . ." (180:3) says he was the Praetorian Prefectof Gaul, 451, at Rome 469, 475; friend & relative of SidoniusApollinaris.
Per Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (236:50), he was Consul in 453.
Comments posted to GEN-MEDIEVAL by Don Stone:
. . . "Details on Tonantius Ferreolus's offices come from Martindale(1980). Additional information is supplied by Stevens (1933) and Harries(1994).
. . . Tonantius Ferreolus; Praefectus Praetorio Galliarum, 451-452/3,during which time Attila the Hun was defeated at the Battle of theCatalaunian Plains (Chalons); his diplomacy ended the siege of Arles bythe Visigothic king Thorismodus; he served in Rome in 469 as a delegateto the trial of Arvandus; a Gallo-Roman senator with two known estates,Prusianum (on the Gardon, near Nimes) and Trevidos (perhaps near Rodez)"